Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 18:51:20 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Ho Co (Otters+) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT While out this morning (in the pouring rain) we observed 4 OTTERS swimming and playing in a shallow pond. I did a series of rail "clucks" and they swam over toward us to check out the noise. They made a series of soft high pitched whistling "chirps". Absolutely one of the neatest experiences I've had!! Bonnie Ott Howard County Field Trip Chair Ellicott City, MD bonnie1163@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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================