Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:52:44 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: The Cummins' Casa Subject: Waterfowl on the Shenandoah Comments: To: WV-BIRD@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG, va-bird@freelists.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Potomac Valley Audubon Society will be hosting our annual "Waterfowl on the= =20 Shenandoah" field trip. See below for details: Sunday, February 24 , 2001, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. PVAS members Lynn Wiseman, Tess England and Bruni Haydl will again be=20 leading us on this popular birding trip on the Shenandoah River. Dress warmly, bring your binoculars and/or scopes, a birding field guide=20 and definitely bring your enthusiasm. This trip is particularly good for=20 beginners and those who just want to see what all the fuss is about as well= =20 as seasoned birders who know a good bird when they see one. Last year we saw Buffleheads, Hooded Mergansers, Wood Ducks, Redheads,=20 Scaups, Belted Kingfisher, American Coots, Green-wing Teals, a Tundra Swan,= =20 Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Ducks, Red-tailed hawk, a Yellowbelly Sapsucker and= =20 Bluebirds among all the birds we saw. Does this year promise to bring some= =20 surprises? Let=92s find out! A Barred Owl has recently been seen along the= =20 river during the day=85hummmm. We will meet at Bakerton Road, just west of Harpers Ferry, WV. Park on the= =20 broad (west) side of the road until we leave at 1:00 p.m for the Bloomery=20 Road area and possibly Shannondale. You may carpool or caravan with=20 us. Please contact either Lynn or Tess at 304.876.2539 if you have any=20 questions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diana Cummins Harpers Ferry, WV Potomac Valley Audubon Society montex@intrepid.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 =========================================================================