St. Mary's County, MD, Kelp Gull (It's Baack!), 3/14/99
Jane Kostenko (jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us)
Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:33:42 -0500
Well! That didn't take long!
The St. Mary's County, MD Kelp Gull was back at the
pier behind the Sea Breeze Restaurant at 9:40 a.m.
today, Sunday, March 14, 1999.
Arlene Oley, Bridgewater, NJ, and Sandra Escala,
Princeton, NJ, had spent Saturday not seeing
the bird along with several dozen other good-natured but
disappointed birders. They arrived at 9:30 and watched
the Kelp Gull fly in from upriver, circle the pier, and land
at 9:40 this morning.
After an excited call from the restaurant manager, Arlene, and
Clifton, Tyler Bell, my niece Deirdre Baker, and I arrived
around 10:45, and spent 45 minutes enjoying the bird
with the few people (non-birders) who were at the restaurant
and willing to chance the weather.
When we left, the gull was sitting on pier; it had been
fed raw jumbo shrimp by the Sea Breeze's Clifton
Heiston, after a mid-morning call from his sister
(the owner of the Sea Breeze, vacationing in Flordia),
who ordered Clifton to re-find the bird that people were
still coming to see.
Predictions of possible heavy rain mixed with snow will
keep most birders away today. I'll continue daily visits and
postings. And the next time the bird goes missing for a
while, I now know simply to say I won't be posting any
future updates and merrily begin fantasizing about
resuming a life...
The folks at the Sea Breeze Restaurant have offered
to give updates. You may call them at 301-373-5217.
If you need directions or wish more information, please
feel free to email me but please check the BirdChat archive
site first at:
http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9902d&L=birdchat&O=T&P-6521
Jane Kostenko
jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us
California, Maryland
Yesterday is history; tomorrow is a mystery.
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