Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 23:44:12 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marshall Iliff Subject: Eastern Shore birds - incl. pelicans at Kent Narrows MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello all, Made a quick run to the Eastern Shore today. Highlights were: * Groups of 2 and 3 Brown Pelicans flying over the Kent Narrows bridge heading south at 3:30. None were on the breakwall, and the flyovers were very high. * Moorhen at Tanyard as always * 2 Ruddy Ducks at Easton (I have seen Ruddy Ducks in late May-June 2000 in Garrett, Talbot, Queen Anne's, Kent, Worcester, Dorchester, Caroline) * 4 Ruddy Ducks and the same two Snow Geese at Hurlock WWTP * At least 4 pairs of Black-necked Stilts at Elliott Island. One of the pairs in the large pool on the right as you enter the marsh had 2 downy babies- adorable. The second year of confirmed nesting at Elliott. Other highlights were Blue-winged Teal (1 male), Northern Harrier (one), Saltmnarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow, plus the regulars. I looked at 5 likely Dickcissel fields and went 0/5. The lower shore is not the Dickcissel zone though, and I hardly eked into Queen Anne's/Caroline where they can be easier to find. Am off for some boat-related exploration this weekend... Best, Marshall Iliff miliff@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================