Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 01:04:18 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Re: PG Least Tern In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Dave, et al. - FYI ... the first two messages below are from last year ... It seems you saw the Least Tern at the Hanover Pkwy pond on 5/2/2000 and I saw it on 5/15/2000. I should be in the Greenbelt area most of this coming week ... I'll try to keep tabs on it. Phil >Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:36:38 -0400 >To: Maryland Birds & Birding >From: Phil Davis >Subject: Greenbelt, MD Least Tern > >All - > >The (same?, probably?) Least Tern was still at the Hanover Parkway pond in >Greenbelt, (Prince Georges County) MD this evening at 6:15pm. It was >feeding in the pond and perching on a rock that stands above the water's >surface. > >This is almost two weeks after Dave reported it (below). I only saw one >bird and didn't watch long enough to figure out if it was taking food to a >roof or not. I am supporting a client right near there, so I'll try and >keep a eye on developments. > >Phil > > >At 04:24 PM 05/02/2000 -0400, Dave Mozurkewich wrote: > >(SNIP) > >>After that, I checked all the local water looking for Callahan's tern. I >>did not relocate it. The only tern I could find was a LEAST TERN. >>(Thanks, Mike). It was fishing and lounging at the pond just east of >>Hanover Parkway. This is south of Greenbelt Road on the east side of >>Greenbelt. Not only does this location have easier access than the pond >>the terns chose last year, it is surrounded by buildings with flat roofs. > At 10:57 PM 05/06/2001 -0400, David Mozurkewich wrote: >Sunday, May 6. > >Least Terns have returned to Greenbelt, PG MD for the third consecutive >year. The bird was at the pond off Hanover Parkway from about 4:30 to >5:00 this afternoon. > >Previous years, this bird spent much of its time surveying the southern >pond at the Greenbelt Metro Station. At 5:30, when I arrived at this >pond, I was greeted by -- a Least Tern. For now, I will guess only one >bird is involved. ================================== Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com ================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================