Date:         Fri, 7 Apr 2000 13:21:37 -0400
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From:         Patty Craig <pattycraig@MAIL.AMERITEL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Strangest yard bird ever!
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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
>
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