Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:56:25 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jane Kostenko Subject: St. Mary's County, MD, Kelp Gull Present 9/3/00 Comments: To: zelig88@aol.com, voice@CapAccess.org, staff@narba.org, Paul Baicich , pabirds@list.audubon.org, md-smas-general@list.audubon.org, mar vadel , birder@xtrabox.com, birdchat@listserv.arizona.edu, armas@wittne t.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=_ALTIGENCOMMUINCATIONS5045" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --=_ALTIGENCOMMUINCATIONS5045 CONTENT-TYPE: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="iso-8859-1" CONTENT-TRANSFER-ENCODING: 7BIT The Kelp Gull was in its usual spot at the Sea Breeze Restaurant in Sandgates, MD, on Sunday, September 3, 2000, between 9 and 9:30 a.m. The poor thing is very worn-looking and was preening vigorously (I was keeping watch for a feather to fall out, but only one tiny down feather wafted away on the breeze). The gull was not there when Tyler Bell and I checked on for it on Saturday, September 2, but we were there later in the afternoon and boat and restaurant traffic was higher. A visiting birder from Indiana also had the Kelp Gull at the Sea Breeze on August 22. Sightings are particularly important this year, as I try to develop any patterns the gull has, so if you've tried for the gull, I'd appreciat e hearing the results. Thanks! Jane Kostenko jane_kostenko@co.saint-marys.md.us California, Maryland Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift; that's why they call it the PRESENT. --=_ALTIGENCOMMUINCATIONS5045-- ======================================================================== To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================== ==========================================================================