Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 14:06:39 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paul Subject: EARED GREBE in DC Comments: To: VA-bird , Janni Ottavio , Voice MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This morning (Sat, 4/13) I found an alternate plumaged adult EARED GREBE in the Potomac River off Hains Point. The bird was first found about 7:45 am, and was there when I left at 9:30 am. Rob Hilton, Lisa Shannon & Dave Czaplak were there when I left, so they may have updated information. The bird was moving up and down the river (often spooked by boats), loosely associated with 30 HORNED GREBES, and c.75 BUFFLEHEADS, but was generally staying in the area off the tip of the point. Also in the area were: Common Loon - 1 Greater Scaup - 3 Lesser Scaup - 5 Red-breasted Merganer - 3 Ruddy Duck - 1 American Coot - c.25 Bonaparte's Gull - c.30 Caspian Tern - c.5 Forster's Tern - at least 2, maybe 3 (one adult and another young bird, mostly in 1st winter) And one of the Peregrines was on the RR bridge near the 14th St. bridge. Good birding, Paul Pisano Arlington, VA cheep@erols.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================