Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:26:11 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Kurt R. Schwarz" Subject: Re: Howard County Waterfowl MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Oh, I forgot the Eastern Phoebe at Brighton Dam! It was on the Howard County side, south side of the road, right by the dam. Popped up in the, i think it was a Pawlonia tree, chipping away, bobbing its tail. Easily seen, if briefly, from the dam. A youngish bird, lots of yellow wash on the underside. Kurt Schwarz Howard County white-crown@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt R. Schwarz" To: Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 3:22 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] 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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================