Re: St. Mary's County, MD, Kelp Gull (It's Baack!), 3/14/99
Jack C. Leighty/Susan J. Noble (jleighty@chesapeake.net)
Sun, 14 Mar 1999 13:13:09 -0500 (EST)
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Jane:
I heard a rumor that on Wedesday night, March 10th, a small boat,
with the name "Stoney's" on the bow, was seen being rowed east from
Sandgates, MD across the Patuxent trailing a line to which a large
shrimp was attached. A gull with black wings was following close
behind. The FBI was notified but since the gull was not being
transported across a state line for immoral purposes nothing was
done.
Jack
>From: "Jane Kostenko" <jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us>
>Date: 3/14/99 12:25:21PM
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>Subject: St. Mary's County, MD, Kelp Gull (It's Baack!), 3/14/99
>
>Well! That didn't take long!
>
>The St. Mary's County, MD Kelp Gull was back at the
>pier behind the Sea Breeze Restaurant at 9:40 a.m.
>today, Sunday, March 14, 1999!
>
>Arlene Oley and Sandra Escala of New Jersey, who along
>with dozens of other good-natured but disappointed birders
>yesterday did not see the Kelp Gull, watched the gull fly in from
>upriver,
>circle the pier, and land around 9:40 this morning.
>After a call from the restaurant manager, Tyler Bell and I
>arrived around 10:45, and spent 45 minutes enjoying the
>bird with the few people (non-birders) who were at the
>restaurant and willing to chance the weather.
>
>When we left, the gull was sitting on pier; it had been
>fed raw jumbo shrimp by the Sea Breeze's Clifton
>Heiston, after a mid-morning call from his sister (the
>owner of the Sea Breeze, who is vacationing in Florida),
>who ordered Clifton to refind the bird for all the people who were
>still
>coming to see it.
>
>Predictions of possible heavy rain mixed with snow will
>keep most birders away today. I'll continue daily visits and
>postings.
>
>The folks at the Sea Breeze Restaurant have offered
>to give updates. You may call them at 301-373-5217.
>
>If you need directions or wish more information, please
>feel free to email me but please check the BirdChat archive
>site first at:
>http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9902d&L=birdchat&O=T&P=6
>521
>
>Jane Kostenko
>jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us
>California, Maryland
>
>Yesterday is history; tomorrow is a mystery.
>Today is a gift. That's why they call it the PRESENT.
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