Howdy! (from Rick Sussman)
Norm Saunders (osprey@mtolympus.ari.net)
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:16:08 -0500
From: Warblerick@aol.com
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 23:17:35 -0400 (EDT)
To: osprey@ari.net
Subject: Howdy!
Hi Norm & Fran. I don't quite get the hang of this thing yet, and I'm
not real sure if my last message got through to anyone, but I sure am
getting lots of mail to read!
Anyway, I'm glad to see that the Osprey's Nest has risen from the
ashes like
the legendary phoenix, and that we now have an internet birding chat
group for local Maryland birders.
So what good birds have you seen lately? Last Saturday I did a quick
tour of
a few local ponds and found a Greater Yellowlegs at the Laytonsville
landfill pond, as well as 4 Ruddy Ducks on the Zion Pond. And there
was a small form Canada Goose in with a flock of about 300-400 others
on the Zion pond too.
On Sunday I birded here in Ashton along the powerlines and had a
fly-by
MERLIN, as well as Hermit Thrush, Palm Warblers, many Yellow-rumps,
Common Yellowthroat, and American Redstart, along with Field,
White-throated, Chipping, Song, and Swamp Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco.
Later that afternoon at the pond here in Ashton, I had a Common Snipe
at the
edge of the pond.
Today I had to go out to Sunshine in th AM and on the way to work,
stopped
off at the local ponds again. I had 3 Ring-necked Ducks at the Zion
pond, and at the landfill pond I had American Wigeon, American Black
Duck, Mallard, Green-winged Teal, and a pair of Northern Pintails,
along with Killdeer and lots of Canada Geese.
Well, I hope this gets to someone! See ya ....