Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 12:43:15 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Marko, Thomas L. GS BUMED" Subject: Lake Needwood - American Avocet Comments: cc: "poniez92@aol.com" , "jcar123@aol.com" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Lake Needwood, Montgomery County, MD, 21 Jul 02, 1145: While birding with my 10 year old neice, she pointed out a wading bird on a mudbar in Lake Needwood near the Needwood Road bridge. The bird was significantly smaller than the Great Blue Heron a few feet away, which she was observing with binoculars. Much to our surprise, it was a single American Avocet in breeding plumage. Tom Marko Olney, MD nitojo@comcast.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================