Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 04:50:28 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Hamilton Subject: Re: white-winged scoter id In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20040323175439.00c48848@pop.earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Arlene Ripley wrote: > I then headed down to Solomons to look for Sue's > WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. It > was not across from the Tiki Bar but I eventually > found it at the end of > Williams Ave. (just around the corner from the Tiki > Bar). I could not see > any white on the face which made me think it was an > adult female. It was > actively preening and the white wing patch was > easily seen. I started to > set up my camera to take some digiscope photos when > it paddled around the =The reason I decided on immature wwscoter was that it has a pale belly. I agree that the face patch was practically a figment of my imagination. Can anyone comment on this bird? (One reason for our interest in the bird is that it is the first wwscoter for our Calvert year lists) sue __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================