Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:17:35 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Roslund Subject: FW: Winter birds--and an Avocet! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is provided on behalf of Talbot County Birder Paul Spitzer: Les Roslund (Merry Christmas To All!) -----Original Message----- From: paul spitzer [mailto:spitzer_paul@hotmail.com]=20 Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 8:43 AM =20 Subject: Winter birds--and an Avocet! Warm and sunny yesterday afternoon, which lured me away from my desk to=20 Dorchester Delights: Christmas Stollen from the Bay Country Bakery, just out of the oven. =20 Szechuan string beans, spicy chicken, and steamed rice at the serene = Peking=20 Restaurant. Tea and the Washington Post. Good, now I'm ready for the Blackwater marshes. Oboy, first bird I see = is=20 an Avocet. Feeding by marshy peat N. of Key Wallace Drive and maybe=20 750-1,000 feet E. of entrance to the wildlife drive. Some dunlin in = same=20 general area. Also saw one on Poplar Is., MD, in late Sept. But an = avocet=20 here and now faces profound thermoregulatory challenges. Paul Spitzer, Christmas Eve, 2003 _________________________________________________________________ Tired of slow downloads? Compare online deals from your local high-speed = providers now. https://broadband.msn.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================