Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:27:52 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Joel Martin Subject: RB Mergansers at Centennial, 3/14 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Late this afternoon there were 6 male Red-breasted Mergansers at the deep end of Centennial Lake, Howard County. Also 2 pair of Bufflehead, and one each Horned and PB Grebe. Closer to the wildlife end was another PB Grebe and 8 Ring-necked Ducks (5m, 3f). No scaup in sight, though I didn't have time to check out the far west end. On Sunday, while walking along the Patapsco at Woodstock, I flushed a Black Vulture from a sand bar where it had been feeding on a dead raccoon. The bird flew to a nearby tree, very perturbed, and uttered a couple of soft "woof" sounds in my direction. First time I've heard such a vocalization. Joel Martin Catonsville, MD jcdlmartin@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 =========================================================================