Osprey Web Archive: St. Mary's County, MD Kelp Gul (YES!) Update 4/19/99

St. Mary's County, MD Kelp Gul (YES!) Update 4/19/99

Jane Kostenko

jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us

Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:37:22 -0400

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01BE8A50.9B6BC2A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm just back from the Sea Breeze Restaurant in St. Mary's County, = MD, where the Kelp Gull was putting on quite a show, after having not = been seen since Sunday, April 11. The restaurant manager had called me today, April 19, at 8:45 a.m. = to say the gull had been at the pier since around 8 a.m., and he was = going to put out shrimp and oysters for it. I arrived at 9:13 and the Kelp Gull was busy chasing Common Terns = (easy pickings) from piling to piling. When it saw me, it flew over to = its favorite piling (after chasing off a Herring Gull) and posed, with = two Great Black-backs in the background. When that failed to inspire me = to produce any raw shrimp, it gave a squawk, flew over my head, landed = in the water, chased more Herring Gulls, and settled in the water again. It came back to its piling (not another human was around, so I was = carrying on quite a conversation with it) and gave me a look that = clearly said, "Hello!? I'm rare, I'm gorgeous, and I'm here, and you're = leaving?!" when I got in my car and left at 9:30. So, fine; I've pretty much decided I need to give up my low-paying = county government job and take on the lucrative bathroom-cleaning = janitorial position that the Sea Breeze has been trying to fill for = months. Think of the mileage I'll save myself on trips to see the bird! = Plus, I won't have to explain these odd mid-morning "lunch breaks" I've = been taking! Jane Kostenko jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us California, MD 301-475-4513 (work) 301-862-4623 (home) ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01BE8A50.9B6BC2A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">

I'm just=20 back from the Sea Breeze Restaurant in St. Mary's County, MD, where the = Kelp=20 Gull was putting on quite a show, after having not been seen since = Sunday, April=20 11.

The=20 restaurant manager had called me today, April 19, at 8:45 a.m. to say = the gull=20 had been at the pier since around 8 a.m., and he was going to put out = shrimp and=20 oysters for it.

I arrived=20 at 9:13 and the Kelp Gull was busy chasing Common Terns (easy pickings) = from=20 piling to piling. When it saw me, it flew over to its favorite piling = (after=20 chasing off a Herring Gull) and posed, with two Great Black-backs in the = background. When that failed to inspire me to produce any raw shrimp, it = gave a=20 squawk, flew over my head, landed in the water, chased more Herring = Gulls, and=20 settled in the water again.

It came=20 back to its piling (not another human was around, so I was carrying on = quite a=20 conversation with it) and gave me a look that clearly said, = "Hello!? I'm=20 rare, I'm gorgeous, and I'm here, and you're leaving?!" when I got = in my=20 car and left at 9:30.

So, fine;=20 I've pretty much decided I need to give up my low-paying county = government job=20 and take on the lucrative bathroom-cleaning janitorial position that the = Sea=20 Breeze has been trying to fill for months. Think of the mileage I'll = save myself=20 on trips to see the bird! Plus, I won't have to explain these odd = mid-morning=20 "lunch breaks" I've been taking!

Jane=20 Kostenko

jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us