Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 21:27:34 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Kent Narrows & Horsehead - RNGrebe's still there MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, Nancy, Ian and I spent late morning to dusk down in Queen Anne's County = scouting a bit for a Kent County Bird Club trip next Sunday. Most of our = time was spent at the Horsehead Wetland Center in Grasonville with side = trips to look for Danny Poet's Red-necked Grebe and a dusk run down to = the Parson's Island Landing on Kent Island. The grebe was not visible on our first pass from 11:30 to 11:45 AM, but = we saw it across the way next to the Kent Island Yacht Club at 4:00 PM. = We had a good chance to compare it to some nearby Horned Grebes. Also = present in the area were lots of Long-tailed Ducks offering very nice = viewing, 7 American Coot, a Ring-necked Duck, a hen Hooded Merganser = (kindly pointed out by Danny Poet on our first pass), and a couple of = Canvasback. Horsehead was solid, we located 40 species including two Hooded = Mergansers, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, a Northern Harrier, a Brown Creeper, = and three Fox Sparrows. Never fear for the Mute Swan, there were 120 at = Parson's Island Landing on Kent Island at dusk. Also on Kent Island were = 7 Red-breasted Mergansers at Little Creek Landing, and a kingfisher and = four Killdeer at Goodhand Creek Landing. I'm looking forward to next = weekend's trip. Good Birding, Walter Ellison MD-DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS 23460 Clarissa Road Chestertown, MD 21620 phone: 410-778-9568 e-mail: rossgull@crosslink.net "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast" - E. B. = White (in "Stuart Little") =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================