Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 06:11:17 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Hooded Mergansers at Fresh Fields in Baltimore MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Joe, With ponds and lakes freezing solid this winter the ducks will congregate any place there is open water. Consequently, there may be more birds at one spot and fewer at others. It is not necessarily a population change. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Halloran To: Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:00 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Hooded Mergansers at Fresh Fields in Baltimore > Two pair of HM's were hanging out on Western Run with the usual Mallards. > Very pretty - always fun to see such birds in the city. Are there more HM's > around this year than usual? I saw half a dozen last week at the Susq State > Park Boat Launch along with a similar number of common mergansers. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================