Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 17:51:53 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Chase MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is anyone available tomorrow (Friday) to go look for the BBWD? I would like to start looking early in the a.m. from several land locations, and if that doesn't pan out, to rent a conoe and paddle part of the Patuxent River in the Jug Bay area. Does anyone know where one can rent a conoe? Does Jackson Landing at Jug Bay Park (PG Co.) have them for rent? If interested, please contact me privately. Stan Arnold Glen Burnie blackrail@eathlink.net -----Original Message----- From: Jim Stasz To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Date: Thursday, August 16, 2001 11:51 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Black-bellied Whistling-Duck >Hi Folks! > >I just finished talking with Greg Kearns of Patuxent River Park. He saw the >Black-bellied Whistling-Duck on Tuesday, August 14, on the Anne Arundel side >of the Patuxent River just north of the old railroad crossing. He was in a >boat and setting up traps for Sora banding. It flushed with a group of about >50 mallards. This area can be seen from land at the Jug Bay Sanctuary. > >Later that day he talked with a group who had been canoeing. They saw the >bird on the Anne Arundel side of the river north of the mouth of Mattaponi >Creek. This is approximately the same area where Danny Bystrak saw the bird. > This area can bee viewed from Selby's Landing. > >There are several possible vantage points from land [DeLorme 38, A-1] > >On the Prince George's County side: Drive east from Rt. 382 [Croom Road] on >Croom Airport Road. After several miles, turn left into the park and >continue to (1) Jackson Landing at Patuxent River Park[note the boat-landing >symbol]. This is the Patuxent River Park headquarters. Phone # 301-647-6074 >for more information. [the park road is not shown on the DeLorme map]. Take >Croom Airport Rd. all the way to the end to (2) Selby's Landing [note >boat-landing symbol]. On Saturday, you may have to walk the last half-mile >or so to the landing. On Sunday the gate sould be open as part of the >Chesapeake Wildlife Driving Tour, a one-way drive that ends at Merkle WMA. > >On the Anne Arundel side: (3) Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary. >http://www.crosswinds.net/~jugbay/jugbay.html > >Check with the Patuxent River Park to ask about launching regulations, fees, >and possible boat tours from Jackson Landing. > >Good Birding! > >Jim > >Jim Stasz >North Beach MD >jlstasz@aol.com > >======================================================================= >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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================