Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 17:31:44 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marty Cribb Subject: Migrant Ospreys MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello All, I guess this shouldn't come as a big surprise considering the = late spring weather of the last several days. One of the mechanics at = work today reported 2 Ospreys in a dead deciduous tree about 200 yards = south of the Scotland, Md Post Office 20687. When I left work this = afternoon about 4:30 I stopped and the tree was occupied by 2 adult = Ospreys and it appeared as 1 male and 1 female. We have had birds here = stay the winter on occasion but these I believe are migrants and if so = would be the earliest that I can recall. Previously the earliest was the = last week of February in the Point Lookout Area. Good Birding, Marty = Cribb, Point Lookout, St Mary's Co, Md =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 =========================================================================