Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:44:37 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kathy Klimkiewicz Subject: Re: Miss. Kite at PWRC 5/18 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Please remember folks that Patuxent Research Center is not a public wildlife refuge but a research center -- do not go anywhere other than paved roads via car or on foot. Center is only open during working hours and you should not enter unless the gate is open. Cheers, Kathy Klimkiewicz Robert Ringler To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Sent by: Maryland cc: Birds & Birding Subject: [MDOSPREY] Miss. Kite at PWRC 5/18 05/18/01 01:55 PM Please respond to Maryland Birds & Birding To All, I was with Amy and Mark Hoffman watching the Mississippi Kite at the Patuxent Research Center for over an hour while it sat in a tree near the maintenance yard. From the entrance to the center take the first road to the left and you quickly enter the maintenance yard. From what I have heard it frequents the snags which overlook the yard. This is where we watched it sit for an hour before making a few sallies to pick off large insects. Mark and I both felt this may be a second-year bird. It had scattered white spots on the back and a trace of barring in the tail. Otherwise it looks as an adult. The center, which is on Route 197, is closed on weekends but open to the public on weekdays. This was a state bird for the three of us. Mark was so ecstatic that he said he was going to quit birding to spend more time with his wife and son. Good luck to everyone. This bird may stay awhile. Bob Ringler Eldersburg, Md ringler@qis.net ======================================================================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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================