Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:36:03 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paul Woodward Subject: Re: Hughes Hollow: Ring-necked or Redhead? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Probably a Ring-necked. You describe a good Ring-necked profile, and I've never seen Redheads in the impoundments. Paul Woodward Fairfax, VA ----- Original Message ----- From: Boughton, James M. To: Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Hughes Hollow: Ring-necked or Redhead? Sunday afternoon, there was a lone diver in the middle of the left impoundment. It was mostly brown, lighter on the sides than on the back, with a rounded (not peaked) brown head. Its eyes appeared to be bright yellow. The bill was blackish at the tip, preceded by a white band. No white at the base of the bill and no white markings on the face. After poring through the NG, Peterson's, and Sibley, I still wasn't sure. Anyone out there who can help me? Thanks, Jim Boughton p.s. The rusty blackbirds were still flocking, and the red-headed woodpecker was still in the woods beyond the left impoundment. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================