Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:38:51 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Re: Need help with ID Please MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Folks The last Veery listed in the Yellow Book is November 7. The bird seen is likely a lighter Hermit Thrush. Did the bird do any tail lifting or wing raising? George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marian Dodson" To: Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 11:12 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Need help with ID Please > Birded Downs Park in Anne Arundel County with a small group this > morning and > had a bird that was a dead ringer for a Veery. > > Any possibility that there could still be one around? If not, any > other suggestions? This bird was definitely marked differently from > the Hermit Thrushes we saw in several other areas of the park. > > On the bay, nice size raft of Canvasbacks (approx 1200) and several > larger rafts of Scaup; about 2 dozen Ruddies and a few Buffles hanging > around. Adult Bald Eagle flew over just as we were getting ready to > leave. > > ====================================================================== > = > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================