Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 15:09:12 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Glaucous Again and More Rusty's in Charles Comments: To: SMAS Comments: cc: Miliff@aol.com, blkvulture@aol.com, Robert Ringler MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gull Watchers: Today Gwen and I went over to the Charles Co. Landfill to search for the = 1st winter Glaucous Gull I found yesterday. We arrived shortly before = 11 AM and within a half hour Gwen found here county bird. We observed = the animal for about 20 minutes and departed. The gulls were still = coming into the landfill when we left. A poor estimate of the gulls = were 2500 Ring-billed, 450 Herring, 10 Great Black-backed Gull, and the = 1st winter Glaucous. =20 A few Black Vultures (7), and very low numbers of Starlings (>50). = About 25 Fish Crows and one Red-tailed Hawk rounded out the list, = mostly. The flock of Rusty Blackbirds around the house has grow to ~110 by 2 PM. = The flock also contained three male Red-wings, two Brown-headed = Cowbirds, and a smattering (20) of Common Grackles. The large horde of = Common Grackles have been here and gone as noted by the lack of feed = around when we returned from the landfill, shopping, and a very fine = buffet lunch at Taste of India in St. Charles Town Center (recommended, = and better than the crab soup at the Sandgates). Hoping for some substantial snow fall to bring the field birds to the = road edges. George =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 =========================================================================