Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 11:12:20 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Frank Powers Subject: Again, no Hummer at SI MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dropped by the Ripley Gardens at the Smithsonian between 9:05-9:30am. = No hummingbird showed. The few birds present included: Blue Jay (gulping snow) Northern Mockingbird (2, one wi silver bands on both legs) Mourning Dove (3). Went over to Haines Point next. Saw over 80 Greater Black-backed Gulls = in the Channel at various spots, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, several = Herring Gulls, lots of Ring-billed Gulls and the raft of Scaup beyond = the southern tip of the Point (50+), lighting, wind, waves & cold temps = made it hard to ID the bobbing birds. Good birding, Frank Powers Glen Echo, MD =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 =========================================================================