Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:10:32 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: SUSAN SHOCK Subject: Loch Raven Reservoir MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Had the day off from work and took a drive in the morning to Loch Raven = Reservoir (from about 8:30 - 10). I'm still learning my water fowl so = this was a good morning for me. =20 American Widgeons 25 Canada Goose 100 (guestimate) Red Necked Grebes 4 (life bird) !!! American Coot 50 =20 Ring Necked Duck 10 Pied Billed Grebe 4 (life bird) !!! Common Merganser 9 I usually take a mini tape recorder (I hook onto my binoculars) with me = and describe the bird and it's markings and then look it up in my Sibley = guide and other books to decide what I've seen. I would have liked to have stayed longer but had other plans, but it was = still a good morning. Sue Shock shockwave919@msn.com Middle River, 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 =========================================================================