Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:43:35 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Atwood Subject: Pt Lookout 4/11/02 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I was at Pt Lookout with the entire sophomore class doing our ecological field studies camping- trip the second half of this school-week. One of the students found a brown-headed nuthatch checking out a nest cavity in a dead tree near the beach. Pine warblers were everywhere. All these bird reports are from Thursday 4/11. In 1 1/2 hours 720 double-crested cormorants flew by the point. Also saw 55 Horned Grebes most of which were in beautiful breeding plumage. One was less than 50 feet away, viewed in the scope with a clam worm in its beak. Most of the 12 common loons were approaching breeding plumage. One was within 50 feet, viewed in the scope struggling to swallow a small flounder. He crunched it several times (to break the ribs so it would go down easier?) and then was able to swallow it. Also saw about 260 buffleheads, 40 Bonaparte's Gulls, 1 red-breasted merganser, 1 Forster's tern, 1 royal tern, and 2 gannets. Ospreys put on a show carrying nest material and a bald eagle flew by nice and closely for the kids to see while we were mud-sampling in the marsh. I hope you have a great weekend. Fred Atwood Flint Hill School, Oakton, VA =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================