Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 07:07:11 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Parke H John Subject: Ornithological Society of Cecil County's Trip to Avalon Sea Watch MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Leslie and I will be leading this Saturday's (11/17/01) Trip to the Avalon Sea Watch (Avalon, NJ) and possibly Cape May. This trip focuses on migrants that pass the wall at the North end of Avalon. The Avalon Sea Watch, a count of migrating seabirds, is conducted from an observation point overlooking the ocean at the north end of Avalon at 7th Street. This site was chosen because the northern tip of Avalon juts a mile farther out into the ocean than the coastline to the north. And so, southbound seabirds that are following the coastline pass very close to this beach front Birds are counted seven days per week, from dawn to dusk, from September 22 to December 15. The migration of seabirds along the coast of New Jersey is spectacular, and over one million seabirds pass the Avalon Sea Watch from August through January of any year. Meeting Place: Cecil Community Collage parking lot. Time: 8:00 am (Full day, bring lunch). Suggested equipment: appropriate inclement and cold weather clothes, spotting scope, if you have one. Conveniences: none at the Sea Watch, but we will make a stop before getting there. Admission: Delaware Memorial Bridge Tolls. Questions: call Leslie Fisher at 410-392-3407 or email her at gonbrdn@dol.net Parke. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================