Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 11:26:31 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Rob (Robert) Hilton" Subject: southern Pennsylavania Long-tailed Jaeger Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi ospreyers..... This might interest you all. This bird isn't all that far north of the border. Who knows what could be along the Susquehanna in Maryland??? On Sunday afternoon an albatross of some sort was seen from the Garden State Parkway in Cape May County, New Jersey. I suspect the persistent east winds since late last week are responsible for the appearence of the= se birds. Cheers, Rob Hilton robert@csa.com Bethesda, Md. > >Dear PABirders: >The adult Long-tailed Jaeger that was found yesterday by Jason Horn and >Devich Farbotnick was relocated this morning (23 May). It was found at >5:55 am and was seen flying and perched on the water for about 5 >minutes. It then flew downriver and out of sight toward Safe Harbor Dam. >It was seen again about one hour later, flying upriver. It continued >flying until it once again was out of sight. We made efforts to relocate >it for about the next hour, without success. > >This morning's observations were made from the Lock 2 Recreation Area >and Boat Launch. This spot is on the York County side of the Susquehanna >at the southern end of the town of Long Level. It is as far downriver as >you can drive until you see signs that say 'no through road' and 'dead >end'. >The initial observation from yesterday was made from the Lancaster >County side, about 1/2 mile below Columbia along PA 441. There are >several spots in this area where there is a large enough break in the >vegetation to allow observation. This bird is moving around quite a bit, >as is typical of inland jaegers. Most of the sightings have been at a >distance and required a spotting scope. Devich and Jason were able to >hitch a ride on a boat last night and videotaped the bird at fairly >close range. > >Good luck in seeing the Long-tailed Jaeger, which we believe to be the >first confirmed record for the state. > >Sincerely, >BOB >PS: Other sightings from last night and this morning include 13 >Whimbrel, 31 Red Knot, 4 Caspian Tern, 2 Greater Scaup, 2 Common >Merganser. >-- >BIRD TREKS: Quality Birding Tours & Programs >Bob & Nancy Schutsky >115 Peach Bottom Village >Peach Bottom, PA USA 17563-9716 >WEB SITE: http://www.birdtreks.com >VOICE: 717-548-3303 FAX: 717-548-3327 > ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================