Date:         Sun, 21 Jul 2002 01:40:32 -0400
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From:         Rich Dolesh <dolesh@EROLS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cormorants nesting in Prince George's County!
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I believe you might find some on the Anacostia also on old bridge pilings, channel markers, etc.  The Western shore population has increased dramatically Rich Dolesh
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From: "Jim Stasz" <Jlstasz@AOL.COM>
To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: 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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