Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:50:08 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Arlene Ripley Subject: Re: North Beach, Calvert Co. 7/24 In-Reply-To: <22.2c157984.2a6ffd89@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Jim, I've attempted to check the marsh several times during the past two weeks and the parking area on the sandy beach has been totally blocked off to cars. The road at that point is a single lane and the crew is directing traffic. I was unable to stop anywhere near the marsh. I did ask the crew person when they would be done and he said by the end of this week, so hopefully that's true. Just wanted to warn anyone who tried to go there during work hours. I'm hoping the work they're doing is going to help with the drainage problem and enhance the shorebird habitat during migration. Some pretty great birds there -- I hope those Stilt Sandpipers stick around until I get there again. Arlene Ripley Calvert County, MD aripley@nestbox.com http://www.nestbox.com At 08:54 AM 7/24/02, Jim Stasz wrote: >Hi Folks! > >I made a quick stop this morning at the marsh on the west side of Rt. >261 at the north end of North Beach. A partial list: > >Great Egret 1 >Snowy Egret 19 >Killdeer 11 >Lesser Yellowlegs 3 >Least Sandpiper 10 >Semipalmated Sandpiper 20 >Pectoral Sandpiper 1 >Stilt Sandpiper 4 [all in breeding plumage] >Forster's Tern 12 > >You can park on the sand road on the east side of the road [go around >the steamshovel]. > >Good Birding! > >Jim > >Jim Stasz >North Beach MD >jlstasz@aol.com > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================