Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:57:52 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Speaking of pheasants MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On the subject of pheasants, Brian Sykes had a pheasant at the Halethorpe Pond (SW Balt. Co.) on Saturday, 20 Dec. We think pheasants tried to nest there last summer, but the continual floods would have wiped out any likely nest. Stan Arnold Glen Burnie > Sorry for the late posting but was traveling all day yesterday and am > just now catching up. Yesterday (12/21) at approximately 8:45am we > were driving > along I-70, westbound about 2 miles east of the Big Pool / Indian > Spring exit and > a male RING-NECKED PHEASANT walked out into my lane! FORTUNATELY I > missed it, > as did the traffic behind us and the bird made it safely across the > road. > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================