Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 07:45:11 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Adam Smith Subject: Peregrin Falcon in Annapolis MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday while driving on Eastbound Route 50, as I crossed the Severn = River Bridge, I looked southwards over the river and saw about 30 feet = from the bridge a Peregrin Falcon. It fly at an angle to my vehicle and = its was easily identifiable. It fly underneath the bridge very close to = the road surface...ie it probably landed on the superstructure of the = bridge.=20 About this time in 2001 there was a Peregrin Falcon at Jonas Green Park = in Annapolis(south on Route 450 on the North side of the Naval Academy = Bridge). On most ADC map books its listed as a State Park, but it is = actually a county park. The falcon stayed for about a week munching on = ruddy ducks and other waterfowl. It offered excellent views and I got = to see it catch one of the ducks. It has good taste, as it only ate the = breast meat of the duck and left the rest behind. =20 The Rt. 450 bridge and 50 bridge are about 1 mile apart from each other. = I will stop at Jonas Green Park today and see if it is there, but the = park also offers good viewing of waterfowl that like to hang out and = dive underneath the bridge. Common waterfowl include Oldsquaw, Common = Goldeneye, Ruddy Duck, Canvasback, Mallard, American Coot, Bufflehead. = An occasional Bald Eagle will do a fly by as well. Adam Smith cyanbluecobalt@msn.com Arbutus MD =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 =========================================================================