Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:15:16 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Franz Hespenheide Subject: Montgomery County Birds MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Checked the Great Blue Heron nesting area at Lake Whetstone in Montgomery Village this morning. It looks like 6 to 8 active nests so far. Also saw 3 Cormorants, a pair of Hooded Mergansers, and 4 Ruddy Ducks, including a male in breeding plumage !!! An incredible looking bird ! Plus the usual Canada Geese and several Coots ... Franz Hespenheide Gaithersburg, MD franzh@comcast.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================