Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 23:03:25 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Dave Kidwell Subject: Eastern Shore In-Reply-To: <3DCEA520.EA2B9D0A@birdtreks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit An error in driving to OC turned into a blessing as we detoured into Assateague and saw close to a thousand Brant at the base of the bridge. Also had several horned grebes and red-breasted mergansers. At the OC inlet some nice folks from the NJ Audubon Society pointed out a pair of Great Cormorants. Also at the inlet was a pair of porpoise enjoying the incoming tide. On approx. 30th street we had a tri-color heron flyover. On the Choptank there were several large rafts of surf scoters with some white-wings and lesser scaup mixed in. All three locations had numerous common loons. Overall not a bad day, with 55 species total while not attempting to get any 'forest' birds (Most birding was done by car). -Dave ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================