Re: Conowingo today

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Les,

Since Rick's prediction seems to have come true perhaps we should start a new Conowingo trend -  learn to identify every individual gull at the dam.  heck, there aren't that many...

Gary A. Griffith  (BrdNSum@dpnet.net)
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> I went to the Darlington Pharmacy today to refill a prescription.  Since
> that is only about a mile from Conowingo Dam, I went over to see what
> was going on. (Hey, I'm sick, not dead.)  Actually, I got a sandwich
> first and went to the dam to eat it while I observed the birds.  There
> was quite a bit of eagle activity - I probably saw 12 birds, including 3
> adults and saw an immature catch a fish. I didn't even scan the other
> shore so there were probably more that I didn't see.  There were
> probably about 300 gulls present.  There was quite a lot of activity in
> the corner where the Common Gull liked to hang out.  All appeared to be
> adult Ring-bills except for one immature so I got out of the car long
> enough to confirm that it was NOT the Common Gull.  Since I was scanning
> only with binoculars, I couldn't tell if there was anything unusual on
> the wall.
>
> Les
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> Les Eastman
> les_eastman@netfox.net
> Havre de Grace, MD

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