MD Osprey:

I just got a call from Jane Kostenko and Tyler Bell. They checked for 
the grebe and did not find it this morning. Another birder had also 
been there earlier so the spot was covered from 7 to 9:15 am, without success.

It would be good to keep checking to the north and south, also.

Phil


At 22:57 02/09/2008, you wrote:
>MD Osprey:
>
>If anyone looks for and finds the Calvert County Aechmophorus (i.e, 
>Western/Clark's) grebe on Sunday, please pass the word, ASAP.
>
>The attached links provides maps to Governors Run Road, which is 
>east of Port Republic, on the bay  ... (you can zoom these maps) ...
>
>http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=3010%20Governor%20Run%20Rd&city=Port%20Republic&state=MD&zipcode=20676%2d2361&country=US&geodiff=1
>
>http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=governors+run,+calvert+county,+md&ie=UTF8&ll=38.507072,-76.549988&spn=0.094569,0.160675&z=13&om=0
>
>Thanks!
>
>Phil
>cell: 240-460-5159
>
>
>At 19:00 02/09/2008, Kurt Gaskill wrote:
>>MDOspreyers,
>>
>>At about 315pm today (2/9/08) Sherman Suter and I spotted an Aechmophorus
>>Grebe about 600m (+/-) off the end of Governors Run in Calvert Co.   The
>>bird was within a few hundred meters of the green buoy and was alone.  The
>>waves were much smaller this afternoon at this location permitting
>>reasonable viewing into the Bay; also sunny and pleasant with just a slight
>>breeze.  In brief, large grebe, long neck, white foreneck, gray-black
>>hindneck, gray-black back, large light-colored bill, black on top of head,
>>white in the lower portion of the face.  Larger than nearby Long-tailed
>>Ducks.  Unable to discern extent of black on top of head in to face, nor
>>discern yellow in bill color, nor if color of flanks near waterline
>>lightened to whitish-gray.  (Phil, Sherman will submit full details to which
>>we both agreed to at the time of sighting).  Viewing through the usual
>>scopes we carry.
>
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