Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:24:12 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Andy Martin Subject: question re: ice up and waterfowl movements MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As smaller bodies of water ice-up this week in central/western MD do puddle ducks and dabblers make small movements to remaining open water areas such as large reservoirs and/or the Potomac R. and wait it out for next warming trend or do they leave the area completely to find their preferred habitat in a southern location? Does waterfowling on the Potomac (DC area and points north) generally pick up under these kind of conditions? Thanks Andy Martin Gaithersburg apmartin2@comcast.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================