Date: 12/21/12 11:36 am
From: Josh Emm <apistopanchax...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Help ID waterbird


Hey guys,
I was up at conowingo lake on the Cecil side just a little while ago. I naked-eyed something bobbing in the chop maybe 1/3 of the way across the "lake" I got my bins on it and could tell that it was grebe-like, but it was too far out. I put my scope (anyone who's seen me has seen that it's kind of a dinky telescope :-)) on it and still couldn't tell what it was. The barlow lens I was using to double magnification greatly reduced the visibility, kind of like looking through a very thin fog. Anyway, I uploaded a "decent" picture onto Flickr for anyone to attempt to ID. It's been cropped BIG-TIME and brightened a little and sharpened, although I'm not sure the sharpening helped.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75557613@N08/8294102449/in/photostream
Thank you for looking,
Joshua Emm
Havre de Grace, MD

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