Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:05:27 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Re: New to List and a Duck question In-Reply-To: <032520041954.28914.4063390B00000929000070F22200734748FF949C908B9196939C9C928691919A@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Welcome to the list Jenny. As for spring migrants, I can testify that the Pheobes are back in town. I've been hearing at least two of them calling since early this morning. Haven't had time to go look for them - maybe tomorrow. Do beware of the "Columbia Catbird Gang" though - they should be back in a few weeks. fdp -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On > Behalf Of Jenny Mcclintock > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:55 PM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] New to List and a Duck question > > > Hi, > > I am new to the MDOsprey list. I live in Columbia and have been a > birder most of my life, but have only just recently started to explore > the wonderful world of bird information in the cyber world! I am > really looking forward to reading all of the wonderful news and > information from all the birding EXPERTS on this list! And I can't > wait for the spring migrants to "come to town"!! > > I have an ID question about a duck I saw today at the Inner Harbor. > He was with a pair of male mallards but appeared to be just slightly > larger than his companions. He had the mallard green head, but the > rest of the bird was almost completely dark brown (no distinctive wing > patch), and he had a BRIGHT white patch on his chest with contrasting > black spots. His beak was darker yellow than his friends', and his > legs were speckled with black. Has anyone seen anything like this? Is > it a molting variation or hybrid? > > Thanks for any help here, > > Jenny McClintock > > > A brief *Maryland Day* visit to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens > > from 8:30-9:15 a.m. confirmed the Blue-Winged Teal spotted several > > days ago is still present. Other species of note were an Eastern > > Phoebe calling > loudly from > > the treetops and two healthy-sized Belted Kingfishers. All 3 > are year birds > > for our family (#s 79, 80 and 81) and new additions to my > 3-month-old D.C. > > Bird List. > > > > Other species noted in a stroll down the boardwalk were: > > > > Red-Winged Blackbird, 3+, also calling loudly. > > Mallard, 5-6 pair. > > Green-Winged Teal > > Blue Heron > > Canada Goose (30 plus, squawking loudly at my presence) > > Cardinal > > * Probable Wigeon > > > > Good Birding! > > > > Warren P. Strobel > > wstrobel@krwashington.com > > Cape St. Claire, MD > > > > 2004 Year List - 81 > > U.S. Life List - 203 > > World Life List - 296 > > > > ==================================================================== > > === > > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > > ======================================================================= > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ---------------------------------------------------- > This message has been processed by Firetrust Benign. > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================