Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:42:35 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: John McKitterick Subject: Re: Greater BB Gull in HowCo In-Reply-To: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT And at 4:30 pm at Elkhorn there were also swallows, rough-winged and tree.... But not at 3pm?? Must have just arrived! John McKitterick Kurt Schwarz wrote: >An adult Greater Black-backed Gull and a near-breeding plumaged >Double-crested Cormorant were present at Lake Elkhorn in Columbia, >Howard County, at 3 pm today. Seven Ruddy Ducks and ten Ring-necked >Ducks were also present. > >Centennial was virtually devoid of waterfowl, except for a single >Pied-Billed Grebe, 5 Ring-necks, a few Mallards, and maybe 14-16 >Canada Geese. The latter appear to have paired up. Also, Lake >Elkhorn's free-flying Mute Swan was present, perhaps enjoying a >respite from family life. The real excitement at Centennial was >the 2-3 dozen swallows present at the west/wildlife end. Barns, >Trees, and Rough-wings were all present, with Rough-wings being the >most abundant. They also appeared to partition the sky, with the >Rough-wings down low, Trees at mid-level, and Barns up highest, 30-40 >feet. A Brown Thrasher also helped liven up the south shore. > >Kurt Schwarz > > > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================