Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 13:21:37 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Patty Craig Subject: Re: Strangest yard bird ever! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bob, Years ago I found a Least Bittern in my Pecan Tree 20 feet from the house which is also a mile or two from any proper habitat. Quite a sight with its bill pointed straight up in the air! Patty Craig Dameron, MD pattycraig@mail.ameritel.net Bob Mumford wrote: > This morning at 11AM I was chatting with a US Park Svc guy behind my carriage > house when I noticed a shape 20 feet up in a nearby hemlock tree. Oh, an > owl, I exclaimed. No, not quite the right shape, maybe a hawk. No, it > wouldn't hang around and listen to us gabbing loudly for ten minutes. With > my old eyes, I was unable to make the ID, and thought it might be nothing > more than an old hornet nest. So I ran to the house for the binocs. > > Unbelievable as it might seem, there was an American Bittern! And I even got > shots to prove it. > > I live in the middle of a large upland woods of oak, dogwood and maple. The > closest marsh is along the canal two miles away. > > Bob Mumford > Darnestown > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================