Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 22:20:58 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Danny Bystrak Subject: Re: Shoveling party MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The ponds in the Upper Marlboro area always host large numbers of Shovele= rs, and the circular swimming seems to be the norm when there are large numbe= rs of them. Last year one pond had a flock of 85 -- that's quite a sight wh= en they are all spinning at once! Unfortunately the ponds are all frozen no= w. Had 6 Fox Sparrows at my feeder the other day, Tree Sparrow still hanging= on too. danny bystrak jug bay ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================