Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 16:24:32 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Hershberger, Wilbur" Subject: Re: Marbled Godwit Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Interestingly, there was a Marbled Godwit in Frederick County, MD at Lilypons the very day that Roger Tory Peterson died, July 28, 1996. Wilbur Hershberger -----Original Message----- From: Gail Mackiernan [mailto:GAIL@UMDD.UMD.EDU] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:20 PM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Marbled Godwit Question Oops, I recall that a couple of years ago Barry and I had a Marbled Godwit at the John Brown Road turf farm. This was in late summer. It came flying in and it was a very large very buffy/warm shorebird landing out on the turf, and we were really *hoping* it was going to be a Long-billed Curlew. But the Godwit was a nice surprise, too. Gail Mackiernan Colesville, MD ======================================================================= 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================