Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:10:52 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jim Felley Subject: Petrels in the Bay MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A co-worker returned from a fishing trip on the Chesapeake Bay, reporting a half-dozen 'little black birds with white saddles' accompanying their boat as they chummed for rockfish. I am assuming these were Wilson's Petrels (he didn't notice the color of the foot webs, if you can imagine such inattention). He and his friends were fishing off Point Lookout (buoy 72, wherever that is). Are petrels abundant in the upper Bay this year? 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================