Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 20:44:48 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Maurice Barnhill Subject: Re: latest on Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Delaware MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gail Mackiernan wrote: > > Hi -- > > The Sharp-tailed SP in Delaware was an adult bird, not a juvenile -- it > was found at Bombay Hook by John O'Brien and was a good example of the > "Patagonia Picnic Area" effect -- John had come out to see the Whiskered > Tern (first North American record) and found the Sandpiper. What I can't > recall was whether the 1993 bird was at Shearness or Bear Swamp... > It was in Bear Swamp, at the NE corner (today's bird is at the SE corner). The bird today was present until at least 6:20 PM. -- Maurice Barnhill mvb@udel.edu [not bellatlantic.net] Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================