Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 09:52:50 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Janet Millenson Subject: Re: Hughes Hollow, Saturday Oct. 26 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rick, the reference you're thinking of is the "Birds of North America" series of life histories. In the account on the American Bittern (#18; issued 1992), there is no mention of swimming in the sections on "Locomotion" (under "Behavior") or "Food capture and consumption" (under "Food Habits"). However, on the first page of the account it says "Because of this species' secretive nature and inaccessible habitats, remarkably little is known about basic aspects of its biology..." -- so who knows, maybe your observation will add to the literature! Enjoyed your description (and am envious). Janet Millenson Potomac, MD (Montgomery County) janet@twocrows.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Look at the birds!" -- Pascal the parrot ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================