Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:22:39 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Kurt R. Schwarz" Subject: Howard County Waterfowl Well, the lakes have opened up nicely! Birded Centennial and Tridelphia Reservoirs today. The Mergs are IN! Centennial: Canada Goose I didn't bother counting Mallard Ditto Ring-Necked Duck 15 (all boys) Canvasback 2 (boy and girl) Redhead 3 (2 boys, 1 girl. Numbers are way down) Hooded Merg 10 (more boys than girls) Coot 14 Nothing remarkable in terms of songbirds, raptors, etc. Tridelphia (from Brighton Dam, the only part of the reservoir open to the public until 15 March) Common Merg 300+ Black Duck 2 Herring Gull 11 Views were distant, scope recommended. A few mergs were close to the dam, but flushed once I walked out on it. Kurt Schwarz Howard County white-crown@home.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================