On a similar note--- I watched a MD Medivac helicopter land in Cromwell
Valley Park this afternoon in response to an accident on Cromwell Bridge
Rd! A new "perched" bird for my CVP list. Arrived home too late for
the evening news; hope the patient does well.
Good birds: Savannah sparrow, Winter wren, Red-winged blackbird, Belted
kingfisher, Eastern bluebird
Amphibian eggs in the small pond, more stumps by Minebank Run from
beaver chomping.
Georgia McDonald Towson, Balt Co
On 3/22/2013 8:12 PM, jugbayjs wrote:
> Duck! As in "hit the dirt!
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> At ~ 7:53 pm (minutes ago) I was at home (Jug Bay, PG Co), watching for evening flights/woodcocks. I had just heard some wood ducks buzz by low, their wings whistling in the wind. All of a sudden I heard a much louder FFFFFF, expecting more ducks but somehow so close they sounded LOUD. Instead, what I saw was a meteorite, VERY LOW, shooting at about NNE and blazing orange. Weird thing was, after a second or two it turned green and blue before losing color altogether. I was expecting to hear a crash, but nothing else was heard. From the trajectory, it looked bound for a landing somewhere in AA County, or maybe the Bay if it made it that far.
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> The lowest one I have ever seen. Absolutely freakish weird. Loud! After that, my next thought was lookout - as in turn around and look, wondering if there would be any others coming this direction, but after 3-4 minutes I gave up looking and ran inside to make this post! By the way, I did hear one woodcock...
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> Cheers!
> Jeff Shenot
> Croom MD
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