Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 07:35:58 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park, MD 3/14-3/17 2001 Comments: To: BIRDCHAT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry for the delayed postings. My internet provider has been down and is still not back to full service. Fort Smallwood Park, MD 3/14/2001 A fine flying day with 11 species if one counts a non-migrating Peregrine Falcon. BV 3 TV 221 OS 1 BE 1 NH 1 SS 15 CH 14 RS 29 RT 9 AK 3 U 4 TOTAL 301 HOURS 6.5 3/15/2001 Weathered Out 3/16/01 Foggy TV 2 OS 1 SS 2 CH 2 TOTAL 7 HOURS 3 3/17/2001 The recurrent fog dissipated marginally. OS 1 SS 2 CH 5 RS 1 AK 3 TOTAL 12 Hours 5.5 YEAR-TO-DATE BV 43 TV 1259 OS 10 NH 3 BE 9 SS 49 CH 56 RS 84 RT 85 AK 13 U 14 TOTAL 1625 HOURS 92.8 Modest day on east or northeast winds which are not usually favorable as they tend to push the birds away from the water and us. Fort Smallwood Park is located on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Patapsco River, 11 miles south of Baltimore, MD. All numbers are unofficial. Sue A. Ricciardi 1132 Ferber Avenue Arnold, Maryland 21012 susie@idsonline.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================