Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:56:12 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jim Felley Subject: Migrants on the Mall MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ha, ha, made you look! Actually, Ring-billed Gulls in all plumages are beginning to show up on the Mall. There were a few non-breeders hanging around in late June and earlier this month, but this week I have noticed an increase (including birds hatched this year). Also, a bird new to my Mall list, a Red-winged Blackbird at the Tidal Basin (probably a fledged at Hains Point). Late last week I saw the train-bridge Osprey family perched on the bridge power lines, and today they were nowhere to be seen, so the kids are fledged too, I guess. Finally, yesterday an adult Red-tailed Hawk was hunting in the DC Veteran's Memorial woods. Highlights on the Mall are few and far between in July. Jim Jim Felley Smithsonian Institution irmss668@sivm.si.edu ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================