Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 05:58:54 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norm Saunders Subject: Birds & Chili MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fifteen MDOspreyers and one Harford County student wandered around Harford & Cecil Counties (Lapidum, Conowingo Dam, Port Deposit, and Perryville) yesterday under the able guidance of Les Eastman. Despite an amazing lack of gulls at the dam we tallied 52 species for the day then repaired to Les & Jan Eastman's for chili and some good socializing. I figure this is the eleventh mid-winter gathering we've now had in the Harford area. It's been a wonderful way to meet folks we know from MDOsprey. The group included Norm & Fran Saunders, Ben & Ruth Poscover, Joe & Arlene Halpin, Bobby Hughes, Greg Futral, Paul Speyser, Aaron Haines, Lydia Schindler, Ann Lucy, and Linda and Van Vogel. Our courageous leader was Les Eastman and the ever-prepared Social Director was Jan Eastman. It was wonderful to meet the new faces and always good to get together with old friends. Our thanks once again to Les & Jan for great day! Best, Norm P.S. How many times this winter have we heard that sad refrain, "Where are all the gulls?" I just noted the following on the New Jersey rare bird alert, which may in part answer the question: > Today, 13 January, at Florence a party studied about 16 Lessers, 11 > Icelands, 4 Glaucous, 3 Thayer's (2 ads., 1 1st winter), and "several > other unidentifiable oddities. " From Interstate 295 take exit 52, > Florence-Columbus Road, and go west. The road becomes Delaware Ave. > when you cross Rt. 130. Follow it to the river, curve left, and look > for the boat launch parking area on the right. (DeLorme Atlas page 47 > D-26) ======================= Norm Saunders Colesville, Montgomery County, MD marshhawk@worldnet.att.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================