Date: 3/16/13 11:20 am
From: Jim Wilkinson <lakekoshare...>
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Re: AMAV Truitt's Landing- question


Nice sighting. Is it possible to give the species' full name on the subject line in the first email? Avocets are not often mentioned, at least in March, so I had no idea what an AMAV was. I don't have a copy of the Crossley ID guide so am not as familiar with the four-letter codes as some are.

Jim Wilkinson
Columbia, MD


On Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:41:42 AM UTC-4, Mark Hoffman wrote:
> No sign of avocet this am.
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> Mark Hoffman
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> On Mar 16, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Jim Moore <epiphenomenon9...> wrote:
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> > Lisa,
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> > It's very close to Shad Landing. Here's a link to a web page that includes the eBird google gadget for Maryland:
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> > http://www.montgomerybirdclub.org/LocalBirds.php
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> > You can find the Avocet sighting (currently near the top) on the gadget which is in the box on the right-hand side of the page. Click on the word "map" next to the sighting, and you will be transferred to a Google map showing the location of Truitt's Landing.
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> > You might look at the text on the left on the initial web page (the one with the gadget) as well. It gives some information about how to find birds and locations using eBird. It is focused on Montgomery County, but what is said there applies equally to any Maryland county.
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> > Good birding!
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> > Jim Moore
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> > Rockville, Maryland
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> > On 3/16/2013 9:54 AM, Lisalark wrote:
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> >> On Saturday, March 16, 2013 9:53:43 AM UTC-4, Lisalark wrote:
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> >>> On Friday, March 15, 2013 6:06:50 PM UTC-4, Mark Hoffman wrote: > Avocet now s of rd with teal. Mark Hoffman
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> >> How close is Truitts to Shad landing? Thanks, Lisa Bierer-Garrett now of Pocomoke River State Park formerly North Beach, MD
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