Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 17:16:51 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Shaffer Subject: Broad Creek Marsh I had the chance to briefly visit Broad Creek Marsh (Prince George's County) while on my way home from a meeting late this afternoon. I saw a good variety of birds, including a lot of waterfowl: 51 Black Ducks 31 Tundra Swans 70 Canada Geese 160+ Ring Billed Gulls 3 Herring Gulls 2 Greater Black Backed Gulls 35 Crows 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Wood Ducks 1 Pintail 20 Canvasback Plus, my first merganser hat trick of the season: 2 Hooded Mergansers, 3 Red Breasted Mergansers, and 66 Common Mergansers. Fred Shaffer Crofton,Md Pamthept@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =======================================================================