Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 01:15:11 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marshall Iliff Subject: Re: Reddish Egret at Ocean CIty MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Norm, Shucks -- I only missed it by 8 days and 5 miles...or rather, if anyone had=20 checked Eagle's Nest 3 hours earlier they probably would have seen it fly by= !=20 In any event, congratulations to John for a great discovery. It will be=20 interesting to compare descriptions with the Virginia bird -- I would give 5= :1 odds=20 that it was the same bird given their rarity this far north. I'd check Indian River Inlet tomorrow... Best, Marshall Iliff > Marshall's commentary for the species was: "Reddish Egret =E2=80=93 7 vot= es - > [July, Eagle=E2=80=99s Nest mudflats, Worcester Co.] -- It is frustrating=20= that > nearby Delaware, that tiny little county-sized state to our East, has two > records of this species from Little Creek WMA. Reddish Egret is nearly > annual north to the Outer Banks, and in addition to DE has strayed up to N= J > (once), PA (once), NY (2), and MA (2-3). Look for it as a post-breeding > wanderer on coastal flats behind barrier islands." >=20 *********************** Marshall Iliff miliff@aol.com Costa Mesa, CA ************************ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================