Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:53:39 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "J.B. Churchill" Subject: Red Phalarope at Ridgely WWTP Hello, Today at around 11 am I photographed what I believe to be a Red Phalarope at the Ridgely Ponds (WWTP). I have the prints in hand but I'l l probably have to wait until Tuesday afternoon to get to a scanner so you all can see this beautiful bird. I will put a photo or two on a web-page sometime tomorrow. I thought at first that it was a Red-necked Phalarope but it's back was entirely light gray, the bill was rather thick and when I watched it fly for a short distance, it had a large white wing stripe. There was a black pa tch around the eye and above the eye (not encompassing the top of the head). other weekend highlights: 1 Eared Grebe at Hurlock Today (Black Terns elude me; but indigo bunting does not ... ca-ching) 5 Am. Golden Plover at Hurlock Today 2 Merlins at Assateague last evening (and a whole lot of rain last night) Gray Cheeked Thrush at Piney Mtn Hunting Area (Garrett Co) on Saturday morning J.B. Churchill jchurchi@wvu.edu ======================================================================== To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================== ==========================================================================