Date:         Wed, 24 Jan 2001 00:35:46 -0500
Reply-To:     Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
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From:         Sally Rowe <sallyerowe@TOAD.NET>
Subject:      Re: Missing Any Loons up There?
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----- Original Message -----
From: Noel Wamer <nwamer@FCOL.COM>
To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 6:16 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Missing Any Loons up There?


> Hi Maryland Birders,
>
> Please indulge an inquiry from a Floridian...  Over the past two weeks
> unprecedented numbers of Red-throated Loons have appeared off the coast of
> northeastern Florida.  The loons have been observed in concentrated
morning
> and evening fights.  This morning's flight of 675 in two hours at
> Jacksonville Beach was more than 13 times the previous one-day total
> reported from Florida prior to this winter.  Obviously something very odd
> is occurring.
>
> Has anyone noticed lower than normal numbers of Red-throateds off the
> Maryland shores that might help explain this phenomena?  Since this does
> not deal directly with birds in Maryland private responses are probably
> appropriate.  I am sending this information request to several state mail
> lists in the normal winter range of the species, so subscribers to
multiple
> lists may receive redundant postings.  I apologize for this.  Thanks in
> advance for any comments!
>
> Later...
>
> Noel Wamer
> Jacksonville, FL, US
> nwamer@fcol.com http://www.badbirdz.com/
> "Even in its most primitive form, naming is a kind of judgment."
>                                                         (Walker Percy)
>
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