Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:52:53 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paula Sullivan Subject: Re: Deal Island Inquiry In-Reply-To: <6FBAF0F2D082D511833800105A9CBAC70125C496@EXCHANGE> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 03:12 PM, Denise Ryan wrote: > Question for replies off line. > > I'm going to be in Chincoteague next week for the 4th and have always > wanted > to check out Deal Island, MD - thanks to the Claudia Wilds book. Has > anyone been there lately? I imagine it is pretty good for Rails. Is > it a > good time of year to visit? Any recommendations or tips are welcome. > I am > woefully lacking in Rail species on my life list. > > Denise, If you are going to Chincoteague, you should be able to get your life Clapper there. I just returned and found one vocalizing from the reeds on the Little Toms Cove side of Beach Rd,, and another from the new short boardwalk that you can access at the Toms Cove Visitor Center or from Beach Road. Both birds were very loud and voiced their calls frequently. I saw neither, however. If you get lucky, you just might be able to catch a glimpse, but it is always a challenge to be there at the moment a rail steps into the open. Good Luck! Paula Sullivan ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================