Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 23:35:05 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Kurt. R. Schwarz" Subject: Re: Great Spot to View the Choptank MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Re that "earlier this morning" bit, those birds were seen from the Choptank Fishing Pier. Which the gulls and fisherman had decorated so tastefully. Hence my attempted quip about "ambience." I should add that both flavors of Scaup were seen. Kurt HowCo goawaybird@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Schwarz" To: Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 7:58 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Great Spot to View the Choptank > I opted out of the holiday madness today for a bit of Dorchester > County birding. In the process I found a wonderful spot for viewing > the Choptank, totally devoid of the, um, ambience of the fishing pier. > On the south shore is Sail Winds Park. A very pleasant spot, > excellent views to the west, which you don't get from the fishing > pier. From rt. 50 eastbound, turn right onto Maryland Ave, then right > again on Dorchester. Follow the signs to the visitor center. There is > ample parking, and clean restrooms that are open 9-5 7 days a week. > Plus a gracious staff in the information building. > > I had excellent looks at Scaup and Oldsquaw (sorry, I'm unreformed!), > and C. Goldeneye. > > Earlier in the morning from 7-8:30 saw all the above, plus 3 Surf > Scoters and 1 Merlin. Blackwater was pretty devoid of interest, > except some Pintails, Shovelers, and abundant Bald Eagles, and > a single Yellow-rumped Warbler. The Hooper Island drive only > yielded a little clump of Bufflehead. The drive out Elliot Island Rd. > was uninspired, but was redeemed on the way back when I found an adult > Bald Eagle, and a mixed shorebird flock consisting of 200 or so Dunlin > and a single Greater Yellowlegs. > > Nothing outstanding, but refreshing to leave all the holday bussle > behind for a few hours. > > Happy Holidays to all! > > Kurt Schwarz > Howard County > goawaybird@comcast.net > > ====================================================================== > = > 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 =======================================================================