Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:42:12 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Peter Lev Subject: unusual Hermit Thrush MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Yesterday afternoon near the beginning of the White Pine Circuit, Loch Raven Reservoir, I saw an interestingly plumaged Hermit Thrush: Olive back, brown wings, light brown face, offwhite eyering (much larger behind the eye than in front), large, asymmetrical white spots on the flanks, reddish tail which moved up and down in Hermit Thrush fashion. The big white spots were eyecatching, but the strong contrast between back and wings was also unusual. All in all, a very pretty bird. Let me know if anyone else comes across it. Peter Lev Baltimore Bird Club Towson, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================