Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 07:05:52 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Deal Island WMA 12/29/01 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I checked Deal Island WMA on my way home from the coast on Saturday = and stayed for the evening flight. There were more hunters than ducks = visible in the impoundment. Here is a short list of the highlights: American Bittern 2 Great Egret 20 Tricolored Heron 39 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2, usually more but a high wind came up at = 4:20PM Glossy Ibis 3 Tundra Swan 42, + others flying over or coming in Hooded Merganser - lots flying around, kept active by the hunters Bald Eagle 3 adults Bonaparte's Gull 12 flew by Short-eared Owl 1 Fish Crow - thousands, but numbers seemed lower than usual Tree Swallow 13 Boat-tailed Grackle 190 in one flock Bob Ringler Eldersburg, Md ringler@qis.net =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 =========================================================================