Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 19:01:58 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marshall Iliff Subject: Masonville (Great White Heron) directions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sherry, Andrew et al. Sorry you guys failed to find the Great White Heron with the directions that were given. After taking the Childs St. exit be sure to LOOP BACK (i.e. go RIGHT) to what will become Frankfurst St. and will loop under I-895. If you continue on this road it will become Hanover St. (Potee St. going the other way) and will take you right past Southern Baltimore General Hospital and will take you towards I-95. The pullout is about 0.1 mi past the I-895 underpass on your right, way before crossing the bridge. There is an abandoned couch and other furniture in the lot there. Walk past the fence, down the concrete road, and through the trees there will be a creek on your left. The heron was standing on the small island. Alternatively, coming from I-95 take Potee St. to Frankfurst Ave. and go 0.75 mi past (east of) Rte. 2 (or Hanover St.). The pullout will then be on your left. We are not sure of the legality of this access, but there are no signs prohibiting it. Looks like a bit of a risky area though...watch out for thugs and druggies. given that there were no posts today, it is not clear if anyone saw the bird or not or if anyone even checked this location. Sorry for the brevity of my note - it was done hurriedly from memory with the hope that whether exact or not, it would give people a better chance than standing at the Fort would. As for Matt's directions, they originated from the same source and I must say he transcibed them perfectly, surprising given that I had just woken him from slumber 1:15 p.m! :-) Good luck, Marshall Iliff miliff@aol.com Annapolis, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================