Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:46:04 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marshall Iliff Subject: Some Isabel results Comments: To: VA-BIRD@freelists.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, I just got a call from George Armistead and thought I would pass on some earely Isabel sightings that he had heard about. I don't intend to "scoop" anyone's good birds, and undoubtedly will not get this completely right, but just want to get the word out about some sightings and potential species to watch for this afternoon. Some people may be without power and unable to report (while I am here in sunny California anxious for more news!). In Maryland, * The North Beach seawatch has had at least Arctic and Roseate Terns, but apparently no tubenoses as of noon. * Observers in Western Maryland have had Laughing Gulls (only two western MD records to date), Common, Forster's, and Caspian terns, and possibly a phalarope? In Virginia, * Observers at the Chesapeake Bay-Bridge Tunnel this morning had Bridled and Sooty Terns, Wilson's and several Band-rumped Storm-Petrels, and a WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD that apparently sat on the water off Island #3. Note also that Ned Brinkley had Roseate and Bridled terns last night, and a seawatch from Sunset Beach had Sooty and Bridled, and a storm-petrel last night. * Brian Patteson found a HERALD PETREL at Kerr Reservoir, along with a handful of other storm birds (including Sandwich Tern and Parasitic Jaeger?). * Todd Day has had a Leach's Storm-Petrel somewhere in Fauquier County. In New Jersey, * Cape May is reporting a Bridled Tern, Manx, and Audubon's Shearwaters. Up to 6 Roseate Terns also, apparently. Note that all of these may not have been truly entrained in the storm, but rather blown into Delaware Bay by the strong easterlies (a somewhat different phenomenon, in that those birds at least have remained over suitable habitat...) NOTE: Roseate Terns have occurred in higher than expected numbers, as have Band-rumped Storm-Petrels. Identification of medium-sized Sterna terns and Oceandoroma storm-petrels should be made with care! The other news has been posted, and we are anxious for further reports. *********************** Marshall Iliff miliff@aol.com Costa Mesa, CA ************************ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================