Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:20:42 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Mike Callahan Subject: Re: Fw: Avocet MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi everyone, Glad to hear about the Avocet. This site mentioned by George Jett is leased to Charles County Public Schools and is not open to the public. Please do not go on the property without prior permission. To request permission contact Steve Cardano, Director of Nanjemoy Creek Environmental Education Center before 11:00 am on Friday. The Center is closed for the Holidays. He can be reached at 301-743-3526. Thanks for your cooperation. Naturally, Mike Callahan On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:00:25 -0500 Fran Saunders writes: > Directions to the avocet fro George Jett: > > | > | The location is the Nanjemoy Environmental Area. See page 28 > of the De > | Lorme MD map, A 3. Follow Rt. 6 to Tayloes Neck Road. This is > a far > | distance outside of La Plata and after RT. 425. Tayloes neck > is on your > | left heading south on Rt. 6. Travel down Tayloes Neck for > several miles. > | You will pass Walters Landing Rd. on your left, continue on > Tayloes Neck > | (right) to the next road on your left. This road will be about > 1 mile > | after Walters Landing. The road is Turkey Tyack (sp?) and is > gravel. > | There should be a sign also for the Nanjemoy Environmental > Center area I > | think. Drive almost to the end of this road. At the second > gate on your > | left, park, and walk to the boat pier. I had the bird directly > out from > | the pier over in the vegetation. A time to watch may be when > an eagle > | soars over the marsh and the ducks get up. I saw the bird > briefly so you > | need to be ready. > | . > | I hope this helps. Good holidays to all. > | > | George > | > | > | > | > | > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================