Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:36:14 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tyler Bell Subject: Re: Shrimpy Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Shrimpy is the infamous Kelp Gull that Patty Craig found back in 1998 and = reached national fame in February of 1999. There's even a green dot on the = range map in David Sibley's field guide marking the Sandgates, MD location = where Shrimpy has remained a virtual resident for 6 years. The Maryland/DC = Records Committee recently accepted Shrimpy as the first record of Kelp = Gull in Maryland though the origin remains uncertain. Shrimpy isn't = talking so we'll never know where she came from or where she goes when = she's gone. I call it a she based on comparison with other KEGU images, = particularly the recent Colorado KEGU which looked grotesquely large = compared to the petite Sandgates bird. Just my personal bias. If you go through the archives of MDOsprey, you'll find many, many message = regarding Shrimpy. Definitely a good read! OBTW, the staff at the restaurant hasn't fed Shrimpy since Clifton, the = owners brother, fed it jumbo shrimp and oysters on the half-shell for the = first week or so when hundreds of people came from all over the east = coast, and beyond, to see it. Tyler Bell bell@acnatsci.org California MD <<< shishk@COMCAST.NET 3/12 1:23p >>> Who or what is Shrimpy? =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================