Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 16:23:33 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: gonbrdn Subject: Re: Cecil@Conowingo...and Perryville- Late Osprey!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Greg: Good luck with the GOEA. They did appear to be migrating through, but who knows what another day might bring. Truly some outstanding viewing. To Perryville from the dam: Go back across ( towards Cecil ) the dam, turn right at the flashing light. ( 222 ) This will take you along the river into Port Deposit. At the far end of town, I always like to check the river out at Logans Wharf. Continue up the hill out of town. In 3 - 4 miles will come to a set of lights- turn right- signs pointing to 95, and towards Perryville. Go past Perryville outlets on right, to lights at Rt. 40 and through, will take you to a T intersection in town of Perryville. Turn left, and then look for Fire Tower Rd. on your right in about 1/2 mile ( firestation there ) T urn right and proceed along under arch to park. At end of paved rd, look for first gravel pull off on your left, good viewing of the first cove, and had all the HOME here. Then the road turns into a loop, go left and follow the loop, pulling over to view at different spots along the way. A really neat spot, hope you have good luck. Leslie. Greg Downing wrote: > Am familiar with Conowingo and may go look for the Golden Eagle. Thanks for > the info! When you said you went to Perryville, where exactly do you mean? > I really want to see some hooded mergansers! Thanks for sharing! > > Greg Downing > Parkton, MD > gregdowning@mindspring.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gonbrdn" > To: > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 2:50 PM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Cecil@Conowingo...and Perryville- Late Osprey!! > > > Hi All: > > The Cecil Bird Club enjoyed a very successful trip to Conowingo Dam on > > 12\02, led by Charlie Gant and Sean McCandless. 19 birders were > > present, 3 of them our most recent new members, and picked up a new > > member today!! Birds of the day were GOLDEN EAGLE, 1 sub- adult and 2 > > juvenile. Charlie, making the first call, was beside himself; actually > > everyone in the crowd was thrilled. The 2nd juv. GOEA was spotted after > > Charlie had left, and we were headed onto the trail; Sean picked it up > > flying from the Cecil side of the river. Others were happy to get an > > adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, perched on the concrete wall at the base > > of the dam. BONAPARTES GULL flew by at good intervals, providing all > > with good looks. By Charlies` reckoning, we counted 26 BALD EAGLES, in > > all plumages. A good flight of RED-TAILED HAWKS was going on as well, > > and one RED-SHOULDERED during the morning. On the trail, we had > > numerous WINTER WREN. > > > > After the trip, I headed to Perryville for a quick look and got female > > RED-BREASTED MERG and HORNED GREBE, a single of each. Also present were > > WIGEON, RING-NECKED DUCK, SHOVELOR, PIED-BILLED GREBE, HOODED MERG ( an > > invasion, ~ 40 ), GADWALL, GOLDENEYE ( one female ) and BUFFLEHEAD. On > > the way out, I found Parke John just starting the loop. He had found a > > very late OSPREY in the first cove, perched feeding on a log. By the > > remnant speckling on its` back, it had to have been a juvenile bird. > > All in all, a very enjoyable day. > > Leslie Fisher > > Cecil Co. > > > > ======================================================================= > > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > > ======================================================================= > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================