Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 07:59:29 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Hilton, Rob" Subject: DC birds, Dec. 9, pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I forgot to mention a female Common Goldeneye in Washington Channel during the morning. =20 I paid a brief visit to Kenilworth Park. =20 I spent more time at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, and found one each Red-tailed Hawk and Red-shouldered Hawk, some Hermit Thrushes, heard a couple of Spring Peepers. =20 Further south along the Anacostia River, I saw at least 200 Laughing Gulls near Pennsylvania Avenue. =20 At Haines Point (East Potomac Park) I found 3 Merlins in the tops of different trees, at sunset. =20 Yesterday morning we started the birding day off before 7 am when we watched a few minutes of an amusing show on Channel 5 called Pet Show (?)....The host had an adult Northern Goshawk on one gloved hand and a macaw on the other shoulder. Also in the cramped studio we saw a Peregrine Falcon with a hood, a Great Horned Owl, an Eastern Screech Owl, an American Kestrel, a Harris's Hawk, a ferret, some puppies, a large rodent (??Paca), and a kitten. =20 Rob Hilton rhilton@csa.com Bethesda, Md.=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================