Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 22:34:35 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Re: Razorbills at Ocean City Inlet - Now! In-Reply-To: <021420042022.28320.130a@att.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hi Norm and everyone: We got to the inlet about 4:45 pm and there were lots of birders there ... many field trips and individuals are birding the three-day weekend on the eastern shore. I learned that only one of the four Razorbills had been seen with the last sighting about 45 minutes ago when a boat ran right over where it dove (gulp!). We scanned the area anyway and about 5 pm I found it north of the jetty out towards the first pier. Lifer for Barbara! We passed the word to those that were still there, include Bob Ringler and his group. When we left it about 5:15. It was getting dark so we didn't look for the others birds. Good luck for those who search tomorrow. Thanks, Rob! Phil PS. I heard someone mentioned that they had a Eurasian Wigeon at Eagles Nest ... At 20:22 02/14/2004 +0000, Norm Saunders wrote: >Phil Davis writes: > > > I just got a call from Rob Hilton ... he is looking at three > > Razorbills at the Ocean City Inlet at a range of about 200-300 > > yards. > > > > He also had a Savannah Sparrow that appeared to be an Ipswich. Also, > > one Red-necked Grebe. > >Thanks for the tip, Phil! Not only did we get to the inlet quickly >enough to see 4 Razorbills, 2 Red-necked Grebes, the afore-mentioned >Ipswich Sparrow, but we alos got to chat with Rob Hilton who was >noticeably gratified that his telephone call had resulted in such a >quick response! > >The Razorbills were, at times, as close as 30-40 feet from the north >jetty, and at other times 150-200 yards distant, in the tide rips where >Bonaparte's Gulls were feeding. The Savannah Sparrow was feeding on >the jetty, and the grebes were out near the entrance buoy. > >We asked Rob to call Bob Ringler's brand new cell number but he must be >finished for the day--it wasn't turned on. ================================== Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com ================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================