Wood Stork Update
Elliot Kirschbaum (ekirschb@bcpl.net)
Sat, 29 Aug 1998 17:31:54 -0400
Nancy and I went to Point Lookout this morning and saw the immature Wood
Stork at the pond.
While we were there three Mute Swans came flying over the pond toward the
bay. The first two past just over the power lines; the third fly right
into them, and fell heavily to the ground where it lay in the soft tall
grass.
It lay without moving, and seemed to be dead. After about 20 minutes
though, it raised its head; and after another 10 minutes began to waddle
off unsteadily.
When we left the pond, at about 11:30, the Wood Stork was still there.
Also at the pond were several immature Little Blue Heron, a Mallard, a
Lesser Yellowlegs, two Short-billed Dowitchers, and Forster's and Royal
Terns.
On the way home, we stopped at the marsh at the north end of North Beach.
There were about a dozen Snowy Egrets, a Black-crowned Night-Heron,
Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Semipalmated, Least, and Western
Sandpipers, a Black-necked Stilt, and a Red Knot.
Elliot Kirschbaum
Baltimore, MD USA
mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net