------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: odonnellj.ggd@gao.gov Date sent: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:03:06 -0500 To: <osprey@ari.net> Subject: Brown Pelicans at Point Lookout Norm, Because my father is temporarily disconnected from MDOsprey due to mix-ups at the GAO, could you please forward this for us if the message we sent to MDOsprey does not get through. Thanks. On August 30, I saw 7 BROWN PELICANS at Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary's County, MD, flying NE up the bay. There were three groups of 4, 2, and 1 birds. Also there were the WOOD STORK, LARK SPARROW, and an AMERICAN BITTERN in the south side of the pool where the stork was. At the North Beach pond were 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, many LEAST, SEMIPALMATED, and WESTERN SANDPIPERS along with some SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and about 5 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. Also at Pt. Lookout were many CLOUDLESS SULPHERS mostly flying towards the end of the point. We saw about 10 per minute. Many were actually flying out over the bay. Very few stopped on the point. There were a few BUCKEYES as well. Matt O'Donnell =============== Norm Saunders Colesville, MD osprey@ari.net