Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:59:05 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jim Felley Subject: Brant at FDR Memorial, 10/24 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There was an adult Brant among the Canada Geese on the=20 baseball fields between the FDR Memorial and the Potomac at noon today, 10/24. =20 Members of this extended goose flock may wander among various open grassy areas between Hains Point, the FDR=20 Memorial and Constitution Gardens, so check all these spots=20 (and the river itself). Members of this flock may also make their way to grassy areas on the unnamed landmass to the=20 west of the Potomac itself. This might also be a good place=20 to check, if you aren't worried about falling off the edge of the=20 known world. No other amazing birds, though the following were also=20 seen in the Tidal Basin area: Ring-billed, Herring and Greater Black-backed gulls and Double-crested Cormorants in the Tidal Basin; at the DC Veteran's Memorial large numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Golden-crowned Kinglets, also Carolina Chickadees, a Downy Woodpecker and a Gray Catbird. Jim Jim Felley Smithsonian Institution irmss668@sivm.si.edu =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 =========================================================================