Date:         Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:24:23 -0400
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From:         Stan Arnold <blackrail@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Cormorants nesting in Prince George's County!
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Great report, Jim.  Cormorants are almost permanent summer residents (at least immatures) at the Halethorpe ponds in Baltimore Co.  We'll be keeping an eye on them.

Stan Arnold
Glen Burnie
blackrail@earthlink.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Stasz <Jlstasz@AOL.COM>
To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Date: Thursday, July 18, 2002 10:07 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Cormorants nesting in Prince George's County!


>Hi Folks!
>
>On Tuesday, July 16, Matt Hafner and I did some birding in southern
Maryland.
> The highlight of the day was discovering 34 nets of Double-crested 
>Cormorants on the electric tranmission line towers over the Patuxent 
>River between Chalk Point Generating Station in extreme southeast 
>Prince George's County and God's Grace Point, Calvert County.
>
>Cormorants were not documented as nesting in Maryland during the first
Atlas.
> In 1990 cormorants were found nesting on Poplar I. in Talbot.  Today 
>there is a thriving colony [100's of nests] on Jefferson I., Talbot 
>,another on Bodkin I., Queen Anne's [dozens of nests], and others 
>associated with Brown Pelican colonies in Dorchester and Somerset 
>counties.  Except for a single nest found a few years back near Great 
>Falls, Montgomery, there are no
prior
>nesting records for the Western Shore.
>
>Other locations that should be checked are the large channel markers in 
>the Potomac River near the Charles/St.Mary's county line and off of 
>Morgantown, Charles County.  If anyone happens to be boating in that 
>area, try to take
a
>close look.
>
>Good Birding!
>
>Jim
>
>Jim Stasz
>North Beach MD
>jlstasz@aol.com
>
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