Conowingo Dam: 02/21/99
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Sun, 21 Feb 1999 21:55:15 -0500
Well gang,
After a few weeks of down time, my computer is partially working enough
so that I should be able to get out this message.
A dandy day a Conowingo. (The only place I love more than Hart-Miller.)
Here are the details:
Observations: 0700-1800
Weather: 30 degrees, Partly cloudy
Peregrine Falcon 2 (adult)
Bonaparte's Gull 1 (adult)
Ring-billed Gull ~3000
*CALIFORNIA GULL 1 (2nd-winter)
Herring Gull ~1000
mystery gull 1 (1st-winter: pale Herring? dark Thayer's?
Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, and I watched
this bird flying around and on the water
for about 15 minutes)
*THAYER'S GULL 2 (1 1st-winter,1 2nd-winter)
*ICELAND GULL 1 (3rd-winter)
Lesser Black-backed Gull 0 (Hello! What's wrong with this picture?)
*SLATY-BACKED GULL 1 (adult; frustratingly brief looks today;
0825-0835: standing on rocks, flew behind wall
1105-1115: standing on rocks, flew over dam?
1645-1646: swimming behind wall,
went behind rock
1725 (30 sec): walked out from behind rock
1745 (10 sec): flushed from behind rock & left
Great Black-backed Gull ~100
I guess I better head to St. Mary's County tomorrow to see the KELP GULL
since everyone is giving me grief for not having gone yet. Some have
even suggested that I turn in my license plates (MDGULLS) if I don't get
down there soon.
Good to be back,
Gene
Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com