What a weekend!

Norm Saunders (osprey@mtolympus.ari.net)
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:52:12 -0500


I won't go into enormous detail, but the Brown-chested Martin in Cape 
May was a lovely, lovely bird on Monday.  We didn't think anything 
would top it, but this morning, during a quick stop at Bombay Hook on 
the way home, we got great looks at a first-winter Franklin's Gull 
feeding rather unconcernedly on grasshoppers along the road running 
alongside Shearness Pool.  We watched the bird for half an hour or 
so and only left when we ran out of film!  I am keeping my fingers 
crossed that we got reasonable photos.

Our weekend started Saturday morning with Les Eastman at the Lapidum 
boat launch area and ended this morning with the Franklin's Gull.  
All told we tallied about 110 species in three states.

Do I really gotta go back to WORK tomorrow?????

Norm


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Norm Saunders
Colesville, MD
osprey@ari.net