Re: north and south twitching
Gary A. Griffith (brdnsum@dpnet.net)
Sun, 04 Jan 98 07:52:46 PST
Tyler,
Wow ! I still need Iceland for Cecil County. I'm sitting here now blaming that miss on my wife. Wonder how long she'll put up with this before she gives me a severe thrashing abot the head and shoulders ?
Gary A. Griffith (BrdNSum@dpnet.net)
The Hummingbird Society
Elkton, Maryland
(302) 369-3699
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>
> MDO:
>
> Bummer about the leg, Gary! You should do like some
> folks do in southern Maryland, just leave your lights
> up year-round.
>
> I forgot to mention that at about 7:45 a.m., while
> Jane (on crutches, Gary) and Kyle were scoping the
> Common Gull, I watched a first winter ICELAND GULL
> fly overhead at the south end of the parking lot.
> Later, after we had satiated our eyes on the CG, Kyle
> relocated the bird behind the wall near the tailrace.
> Despite more searching, no-one could find it after
> the whole flock took off and reshuffled.
>
> After departing Conowingo, Jane and I decided to work
> on our St. Mary's County year list. We headed over to
> Beauvue Ponds, near Leonardtown, MD where we had about
> 100 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 BLACK DUCKS, 5 HOODED MERGANSERS,
> several dozen RUDDY DUCKS, 3 GADWALL, a NORTHERN HARRIER,
> an EASTERN MEADOWLARK and about 2 dozen TUNDRA SWANS.
> That puts our year list up to about 60 (SMC only).
>
> Good Birding!
> Tyler Bell and Jane Kostenko
> bell@acnatsci.org & jkostenko@osprey.smcm.edu
> California, MD