Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:59:32 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Andy Rabin Subject: Re: Seneca Sunday MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dan- Where along the river did you see the Shovelers? I would love to get = a look at them. I've only seen them once before (at Horsehead) and I'm not even sure they were wild birds. Thanks for your help! Andy (also struck out on the Tufted but enjoyed the scaup) Rabin Gaithersburg, MD andyrab@wam.umd.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Eberly To: Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 9:37 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Seneca Sunday > Took a late afternoon stroll along the snow covered towpath which gave = a > feeling of the far north as the sun set on the partially frozen Potomac. > The bird life included a close view of a Red-shouldered Hawk as it sat = on a > limb overhanging the Potomac and than glided below eye level along the > shoreline. A Peregrine made several passes at the geese/ducks on the ic= e > and in the water and than headed toward Virginia. Among the ducks the > Peregrine missed were Redheads (about 10), Goldeneyes (2), Shovelers (2= ), > and Green-winged Teals (3). The mammal life included one Muskrat swimm= ing > in the Potomac and many mammal tracks in the snow. The Myrtle Warblers and > Bluebirds looked exceptionally bright feeding on top of the snow. > > Although I didn't get to see the Tufted Duck, the very close views at t= he > Washington Marina of the Redheads, Canvasbacks and Greater & Lesser Sca= ups > with their head colors glistening in the bright sun made the trip > worthwhile. Happy birding, Dan Eberly > > ========================= ================================================ > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ========================= ================================================ ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================