Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 18:58:00 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Red Phalarope In-Reply-To: <006101c41534$79e749a0$9d5df7a5@davidpowell> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii David and others. First spotted around 408pm offshore using Kowa TSN 821 scope. It was headed North. Accorded to the Yellow Book, early date was April 3. It was a well describing Red Phalarope with sandpiper-like flight, wide dark patch through eye and little farther back of it, paler gray unstreaked back extension to nape, chunky bird with short thick blunt-tipped bill, white-winged stripe, all white on belly, rump and front of neck. Kevin Graff Jarrettsville & Ocean City, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________ 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================