Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 06:15:53 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Mike Callahan Subject: Re: YTWA and other stuff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Danny, Perhaps the eagle was trying to imitate the Osprey in using nest ornamentals. Nest ornamentals is the term Steve Cardano likes to give the objects he has found in Osprey nests over the years. Everything from plastic bags to goggles, plastic corn cobs, rubber gloves and various assorted litter. We have even found deer antlers in a nest. Naturally, Mike Callahan On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 22:24:26 EST Danny Bystrak writes: >Also yesterday (3-24) added a > new > species to my "seen carrying a bottle" list (OK, so it was the first > species > for that list) -- There were 2 Imm. Bald Eagles cavorting around in > the marsh > behind my house and picking up sticks and marsh plant stems; one of > them > picked up a bottle by the neck and pranced around with it like some > proud > preditor with its kill in its mouth. She/he did this twice during > the > cavorting. The other seemed impressed and pecked at it once, but > didn't pick > it up. Perhaps this was a Bald Eagle X Bowerbird hybrid? > danny bystrak > bristol > > ========================= ================================================ > 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 ========================================================================= ===========================================================================