?? female eider in Lancaster County??
Les Eastman (les_eastman@netfox.net)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:09:59 -0500
Heads up anyone going to Conowingo! Not quite in the same league as the
Pacific Loon, but it could be in the same places.
Les
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Les Eastman
les_eastman@netfox.net
Havre de Grace, MD
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Subject: ?? female eider in Lancaster County??
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:02:51 -0500
From: Bob and Nancy Schutsky <birdtrek@epix.net>
Reply-To: info@birdtreks.com
To: Les Eastman
<les_eastman@netfox.net>,
PABIRDS@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG,
penjerdel@SAPPHIRE.ACNATSCI.ORG
Dear Birders:
I had what MAY have been a female eider sp. on the
Susquehanna this afternoon (1/12) at about 4:00 pm.
I was scoping the river in front of my house in Peach
Bottom Village, southern Lancaster County, PA,
2 miles north of the Maryland border. I was scanning
the Common Mergansers (estimated 5500), looking
for anything different. I had already picked out a few
Mallards, Black Ducks, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers,
1 Hooded Merganser, and several Common Goldeneye.
I found the bird in question and was just zooming in on it
went it flew downriver and around the bend, out of sight.
I was not able to catch up with it. It looked very good for
a female eider, both in the brief look I had of it on the water
and while it was in flight with the mergs. My best guess would
be female King Eider.
I plan to go back out tomorrow morning. The bird was upriver
from the first railroad tunnel when I first saw it, toward the
atomic plant at mid-river. It flew downriver past the first tunnel
toward Maryland when I lost it.
Drop me an e-mail if you'd like to join me tomorrow. If you need
to call me, please do so before 9:00 pm tonight or between 7 and
8 am tomorrow. I plan to go out around 8:00 am, which will
hopefully provide good light, no heat shimmer, and low winds.
A spotting scope is a necessity.
This could be a good one..........
BOB
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