Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 14:27:13 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Harvey Mudd Subject: Re: Miss. Kite at PWRC 5/18 In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Kathy: What time does the gate close this afternoon? Marion can't leave Takoma Park until 3:30 PM. Harvey At 01:44 PM 05/18/2001 -0400, you wrote: >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 > LSOFT.COM> > > > 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 >======================================================================= > ____________________________________ S. Harvey Mudd NIMH/DIRP/LMB Building 36, Room 1B-08 36 CONVENT DR MSC 4034 BETHESDA MD 20892-4034 tel: 301-496-0681; fax 301-402-0245 email: shm@codon.nih.gov ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================