Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:07:20 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tyler Bell Subject: White Ibis, Black Hill Regional Park, 7/16/02 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Jane Kostenko and I needed to be in the Montgomery Village area this = morning so we popped in to see the immature White Ibis at Black Hill = Regional Park at about 7:30 a.m. It was preening on a log about 6 feet = from the nearer Wood Duck box on the north side of the stone dike = described in Paul O'Brien's excellent directions posted here earlier. = Then, the ibis began actively feeding along the water's edge.=20 There were no Wood Ducks of any age in evidence. Quite a few Purple = Martins and Tree Swallows flying around. There was some commotion in the = trees on the west side of the impoundment but we couldn't find the bird(s) = responsible. I would wager it was one or more juvenile Great Crested = Flycatchers begging for food as there was an adult nearby that was = actively foraging. We never saw it carrying food toward the trees so it = couldn't go down as FY. Also, Eastern Kingbirds, Brown Thrashers and = Yellow-breasted Chats were calling around the edge of the gravel parking = lot. Good Birding! Tyler Bell (& Jane Kostenko) bell@acnatsci.org =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================