Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:54:06 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Peter Mann Subject: Re: Red-necked Grebe - Can you top this? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bob - Thanks. The Sibley remark was meant ironically. I was just blown away to be able to add RNGR to my yard list! Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Ringler" To: Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:38 AM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Red-necked Grebe - Can you top this? > Peter, > The Red-necked Grebes you are seeing are not wintering but migrating. > In migration they can show up most anywhere. As far as we know they do > spend the winter on deep water. > > Bob Ringler > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peter Mann > To: > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 7:42 AM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Red-necked Grebe - Can you top this? > > > > I realize that Red-Necked Grebe sightings have become fairly commonplace > > this winter, but... > > > > This morning Nancy called me to look out our back window at two birds on > > Swantown Creek - yup, a pair of red-necked grebes. > > > > Swantown Creek is a 250 foot wide, tidal, fresh-water tributary of the > > Sassafras River. Didn't these birds read Sibley - "Winters mostly on deep, > > open water"? > > > > Anyway, they are our best backyard birds yet! > > > > Peter Mann, > > Galena, MD > > > > ======================================================================= > > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > > ======================================================================= > > > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================