Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:37:56 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jason Waanders Subject: Black Rail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable After hearing (but not seeing) the black rail on Tues. evening, braved = abominable traffic to try again Thursday night. No sign of the bird, = and according to the few other birders there, it wasn't heard last = night. Yesterday's rain significantly raised the water level at = Huntley, and our guess was that even if the bird is still in the park, = it probably moved to higher ground (the area where it has been = seen/heard is much wetter now). =20 Before making a trek from DC or MD, I'd keep an eye on the VABirds = postings to see if anyone relocates the bird. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================