Re: Ocean City Pond
Fran Saunders (saunderf@ARI.Net)
Sun, 1 Feb 1998 16:27:35 +0000
Mark H----
Loved your pond story and hurray for your Dad. Anyone else
with a most memorable bird story???
Mark Hoffman wrote:
I have a somewhat funny story I like to tell about this pond, so
I will share it with you. Back in February 75 I was in OC for
Saturday and Sunday pelagic trips. I had heard about the
whistling duck and had never seen one, but as the boats left
before dawn and returned after dark, I didn't know how I was
going to see it. (My father drove me around back then, and I
couldn't come down on Friday or leave Monday either.) Anyway, my
dad drove me over to the pond after the Saturday boat trip, and
aiming the car headlights across the pond (as you know it is
quite small), we were able to spotlight the small flock of
Mallards, which include a sleepy whistling duck!
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Fran Saunders
Maryland Ornithological Society
State Web Site Director
saunderf@ari.net
http://www2.ari.net/saunderf/mos/mos.html