Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 22:56:02 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Keith Eric Costley Subject: Summer Tanger Nest/Soldier's Delight 7/29 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tuesday (7/25) I returned to the Nest at 6:15 pm and stayed for an hour and thirty minutes. During that time the male fed the three nearly naked chicks twice. Today (7/29) Joe and Carol McDaniel joined Gail Frantz and I at the nest site. Both adult birds increased there trips to the nest to feed the chicks (approx.: 15 minutes between visits). The young had grown a great deal. The chicks had buffy colored breast with brown streaks and dark heads. There wings were a pale gray/brown with a hint of wing bars. The chicks begged when the adults arrived with breakfast and pushed at each other. It's amazing how quickly they are going! Keith Eric Costley Randallstown, BC ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================