Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 16:08:18 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Eugene J. Scarpulla" Subject: Conowingo Dam Gull Watchers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Conowingo Dam Winter Gull Watchers, Bookmark the following web address: http://md.water.usgs.gov/rt-cgi/gen_stn_pg?station=01578310&style=new The web site is entitled: "Maryland and Delaware Real-Time Water Data Station #: 01578310 -- Susquehanna R at Conowingo, MD" Although the data is not truly real-time (it may be a few hours old), the website shows conditions below the dam as follows: *CURRENT CONDITIONS - a chart showing flow, stage, date, & time *STREAMFLOW" - a graph showing the last 7 days of data *STAGE - a graph showing the last 7 days of data *STATION DESCRIPTION *DAILY MEAN FLOW STATISTICS - a chart based on the last 33 years of record But what may be the most innovative source of data is: *WEB CAMERA - The image is updated hourly and shows the water below the dam, the wing wall, and the rocks. It looks like you may be able to get a general idea of the discharge conditions coming through the dam as well as be able to get an impression of the density of gulls swimming in the water, feeding in the air, and sitting on the rocks. Come on winter. Gene Gene Scarpulla Millers Island, Maryland ejscarp@home.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================