Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:08:08 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sherry Peruzzi Subject: Re: Masonville (Great White Heron) directions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks for explaining what you meant, Marshall. When you said to exit at Child's St. and then "loop back under 895" that's exactly what we did -- if you turn left onto Childs St. you go right under 895! We were completely unfamiliar with the area, and were not aware that turning right onto Frankfurst -- which seemed to be turning *away* from 895 -- would take us back under the highway several blocks away, so we did the only thing we could see to do. Thanks for what you did, though! Because of you many birders saw the heron who would never have seen it otherwise. Now that I have more explicit directions, if anyone reports seeing the bird Ken and I will go right out there. Unfortunately, it seems it may be too late, but we'll keep our fingers crossed! Sherry Columbia, Howard Cty. bookworms@home.com Marshall Iliff wrote: > 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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================