Fw: Gary- will u post for me - Day of the Dog
Gary A. Griffith (brdnsum@dpnet.net)
Sun, 29 Mar 98 07:06:26 PST
The latest from Leslie the Alien follows
Gary A. Griffith (BrdNSum@dpnet.net)
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> Date: Saturday, March 28, 1998 07:49:18
> From: Harry Fisher
> To: brdnsum@dpnet.net
> Subject: Gary- will u post for me - Day of the Dog
>
> Todays trip to Ocean City will be forever remembered by myself, my
> husband and friend Marcia as the Day of the Dog. We had a little
> company when we left Cecil Co. this morning, a stray dog,that we fully
> intended to drop off @ the Chesapeake City SPCA. Unfortunately, the
> folks @ the SPCA were less than pleased to see us banging on the glass
> doors before the official opening hours of 10:00. We were met with
> hostility, and a barrage of BS - before hours, I`ll lose my job, we`re
> under TVsurveillance cameras etc. etc. So there we were, standing on
> the front step of the SPCA, the three of us and a dog, and a sense of
> urgency to get down the road to find birds. Have you guessed yet, we
> spent 13 hrs today dragging a totally bewildered stray dog up and down
> the coast!! He was a great sport tho`, a perfectly behaved fellow.
> Guess we`ll try to find him a home. Anyone want a swell dog. ( We
> already have 3).
>
> Anyways, on to the birds. This story could also be called day of the
> Gannets. We had hoped for one, but 5!!!! Beyond our wildest dreams.
> The first was @ S Indian River, followed by 3 more on the North side of
> the Inlet. Wow, these are some really huge birds and we watched in awe
> as they wheeled and hunted above the waves. At Cape Henlopen we were
> treated to one more @ the fishing pier. We did well with target birds
> today, Purple Sandpiper, King Eider and Harlequin Duck @ Ocean City
> Inlet, and the afore mentioned Gannets. The West Pond yielded G & L
> Scaup, Canvasback, Ruddy Duck, Bufflehead & Shoveller. 4th St. flats
> had Oystercatchers, RB Mergs and Common & Red Throated Loons. Brant on
> Golf Course Rd.
>
> Dusk saw us cruising Port Mahon Rd trying for our last wish list of the
> day, a Short Ear Owl, but it was not to be. A momentary surge of
> adrenalin when a Harrier rose from the marsh, but it turned into a
> Harrier!! The day was marred by kamikaze rabbit that ran under the
> wheels of our car, with poor results. After some moments of sadness for
> having taken a life, our good birding instincts took over,and we
> suggested that we should park and wait for an Owl to come feed on it.
> So ended the day. By the way, has anyone ever had the Indian food @ El
> Sombrero in Dover? Quite excellent if you`ve never been.
>
> Gary, I promise I will not harass you on a regular basis to post to
> Osprey for me. Hopefully this posting problem will get sorted out.
> Les. PS. Harry really likes the dog.