Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 20:31:56 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Matt Hafner Subject: Weekend Highlights - Oregon Junco, Piping Plover MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ed Boyd, Jim Stasz, and I spent the weekend on the coast. I don't quite have time for a full write-up, but will post the highlights. Perhaps Jim will post a complete write-up since he has the notes ;) Red-necked Grebe - Jim and Ed had one on Friday sitting on an ice floe behind the Atlantic Motel at the OC Inlet. One flew by the Inlet on Saturday evening. Harlequin Duck - 2 females flew by during seawatches on the ORV zone of Assateague. Red-tailed Hawk - 1 albinistic individual SE of Pocomoke City on Saturday. Jim said every third flight feather was normal, but the rest was white. Piping Plover - 1 at Eagle's Nest CG running around under the pier on Friday. Jim took excellent video of this bird. Lesser Yellowlegs - 2 at Central Vaughn on Saturday, 1 at Elliot Island on Sunday. Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 adult at the Somerset Landfill on Sunday for the county listers. Iceland Gull - 1st year bird on the south jetty of the Inlet on Saturday. Glaucous Gull - 1st year bird flying down the ORV zone of Assateague on Friday. Black-legged Kittiwake - 1 flying past the inlet on Saturday evening. Blue-headed Vireo - Mark Hoffman's Hickory Pt bird was still present on Saturday morning. Clay-colored Sparrow - 2 Evans Rd individuals still present on Saturday. Seaside Sparrow - Our only "marsh" sparrow. Fairmount WMA on Sunday. Oregon Junco - Female videotaped and photographed on Saturday at the Quality Inn in Pocomoke City. Great Bird!! Wow, great weekend. Back to the Super Bowl. Matt Hafner College Park, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================