Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 20:45:39 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Franz Hespenheide Subject: Eagle MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I found an adult Bald Eagle sitting in a field near the intersection of MD 124 (Woodfield Road) and Warfield Road near Gaithersburg. I watched the bird for about 12 minutes until it was harassed by some crows and flew away. It carried a small brown carcass in its talons, perhaps a mouse, a rat or a starling ???? I was very surprised to see this bird because Route 124 is very busy with heavy truck traffic! Made my day ... Best wishes, Franz Hespenheide Gaithersburg, MD hespen@erols.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================