Re: Conowingo Report
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre (mww@UDel.Edu)
Fri, 09 Jan 1998 15:38:49 -0500
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Hi Les. There was a brief note in the Cecil Whig yesterday that the PECO
would be opening flood gates due to the high water levels. That was all it
said. I wondered what effect that would have on the gulls. Now I know.
Les Eastman wrote:
> I made brief trip to Conowingo Dam today. There must have been a lot of
> rain in PA the last few days because it appeared that all the generators
> were humming and at least 12 flood gates were open. As a result, the
> water was very high. There were few gulls around since there were no
> rocks available to sit on. The gulls that were there were mostly flying
> up and down the Cecil (east) side of the river, thus were hard to view.
> There were a couple of people trying and they had found an Iceland Gull
> but not the Common Gull. I went across the dam to see if there was
> anything on the lake. There was a flock of a couple hundred gulls on
> the lake above the dam. They were in the middle so hard to view from
> the Cecil side of the dam. I went on up to Conowingo Creek but only saw
> a couple of gulls flying up and down the lake.
> I don't think the high water bodes well for birding there this weekend
> but I am sure that some will try.
>
> Les
> --
> ======================
> Les Eastman
> les_eastman@netfox.net
> Havre de Grace, MD
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