Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 06:09:06 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: errata and corrigenda MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Harry, I believe those are Snapping Turtles. One summer day many years ago I visited the Hurlock ponds and accidentally flushed a hen Mallard with 5 ducklings from the embankment. As the little ones scrambled franticly across the water, one by one, they were snatched under, leaving the hen alone, calling quietly. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Henry Armistead <74077.3176@COMPUSERVE.COM> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:49 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] errata and corrigenda > Some corrections to my posting of Aug. 20. Last Saturday was Aug. 18 not > the 19th. Likewise my "Aug. 20" reports were really for Aug. 19, a.k.a. > Sunday - Perhaps I was still reeling from the well-cooked cellophane > enveloping my Easton Denny's sausage from earlier that day. Continuing on, > my observations at Hurlock W.W.T.P. also need some tidying up. The Ruddy > Ducks favor the southeast impoundment. The much-celebrated scum, or algal > mat, or whatever it really is, is in fact at the northeast corner of the > southwest pond, where I assume it owes its presence to the prevailing > summer southwesterlies. The other reports, I would submit, are without > blemish. In my experience the two eastern ponds usually have the most > birds. Last year the Eared Grebe was in the southeast pond, where the 2 > Black Terns were last Sunday. Does anyone know what species of turtles > live in that stuff? I've been assuming they are Painted Turtles but they > look a little big. Thank you for your forbearance. Best to all.-Harry > Armistead, 523 E. Durham St., Philadelphia, PA 19119. Any off-list > replies, please, to: harryarmistead@hotmail.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================