Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:35:01 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Hilton, Rob" Subject: White Pelicans in the Potomac River near Woodbridge Virginia MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The VA-Bird (http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/VABD.html) list has = two reports of five American White Pelicans seen in the Potomac River = just off Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge this morning. At one point = they "landed out in the middle of the river." Presumably the were in = Maryland (Charles County) waters at that time. There is a cove that is = in Virginia waters that the birds might have been in at some point. A = Royal Tern was seen closer to shore. Up nearby Neabsco Creek two = Sandhill Cranes were seen this morning, heading west then south from the = Julie Metz wetlands just east of US Route 1. =20 Rob Hilton Bethesda, MD=20 rhilton@csa.com =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 =========================================================================