Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:32:02 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: STEVE NOYES Subject: Re: Point Lookout - sea ducks, et. al. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the great list from P.L. The Smithsonian is doing a day-trip t= o P.L. next Sunday. I'll provide a list of our sightings after we get bac= k. Happy Birding, ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Jones Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 12:14 AM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Point Lookout - sea ducks, et. al. Highlights at Pt. Lookout on February 22: Common Loons - about a dozen Horned Grebes - scores of them, fairly close to shore Gannets - scores of them, streaming down the bay Brown Pelicans - several Great Cormorant - one fly-by, with prominent hip patch Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) - hundreds, often quite close to shore C. Goldeneye - dozens Bufflehead - hundreds, many close to shore R.B. Merganser - dozens Greater Scaup - hundreds, in long rafts off-shore Surf Scoter - a few fly-bys, best seen from fishing pier W. W. Scoter - (same as above) Bald Eagle - one immature In addition, there was a pair of Mute Swans in the pond just before the point. Stephen Jones =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================