Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:01:44 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marshall Iliff Subject: Speaking of late birds - godwit at Blackwater MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, Since it sounds like the Ft. McHenry flycathcer is defintiely an Ash-throated (Call is diagnostic), here is another thought (more of a long shot). Harry Armistead forwarded the below email: >Harry: > >FYI, there was another sighting of a Hudsonian godwit today. It was a >juvenile, changing into winter plummage, seen foraging with ducks in >the water of Pool 3, where the Wildlife Drive diverges for the two exits. Seen >by Lyn and Skip Nelson of Frederick, MD. They spent a lot of time on the >bird, and are very sure of what they saw. > >Thomas J. Miller, Park Ranger >Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge >410 228-2677 >Thomas_J_Miller@fws.gov Possibly this was the same godwit that Harry himself saw 2 weeks or more ago, but while Hudsonians are regular into early November, they get decidedly scarce thereafter. By early December we should be checking Hudsonians VERY carefully, because Black-tailed Godwit has turned up in winter in North Carolina, Prince Edward Island, and other East Coast areas. They are easily identified by the gleaming white (versus blackish) underwing and willet0like wingstripe (versus very narrow wingstripe on Hudsonian). If anyone gets out to Blackwater this weekend you might look closely for godwits. Best, Marshall Iliff *********************** 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================