Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:14:09 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: whimbrel MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A European Whimbrel was reported in Maryland a number of years ago by an observer who had never seen one before and who was not aware that there were other possibilities to be considered. After much discussion the observer was eventually convinced that the bird was definitely an immature white ibis, a much more likely species this time of year. I would like to hear more from the observer, and regardless of what it is it should be checked out because it's a rarity either way. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Lydia Schindler To: Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:15 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] whimbrel > Dave Young reports, via Jim Green, a European type of Whimbrel at > Riley's Lock Rd, Montgomery Co, around 2:30 this afternoon. > > It was along Seneca Creek close to River Road, momentaarily perched, > and being chased along by a crow. > > Lydia Schindler > Darnestown > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================