St. Mary's County, MD, Kelp Gull (YES!!!) Update, 3/20/99

Jane Kostenko (jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us)
Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:56:09 -0500


The St. Mary's County, MD Kelp Gull was present 
from about 8 a.m. today, Saturday, March 20, 1999, 
and was still there when we left it at 1:30 p.m. 
The last confirmed sighting was Sunday, March 14, 
and when the Sea Breeze Restaurant manager said 
someone reported the bird flying over the river 
on Wednesday, March 17 at 4 p.m.

Donnie Ray said it had been fed about 15 shrimp 
before we got to the restaurant, and then it ate a half 
dozen oysters on the half shell, and several more 
raw jumbo shrimp. Either it's stocking up for a mighty 
long flight or it's hungry from its long journey away 
(maybe now it'll be convinced there's no place 
like the Sea Breeze and stay a while...)

The folks at the Sea Breeze Restaurant have offered
to give updates. You may call them at 301-373-5217.

If you need directions, 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=6521

Jane Kostenko
jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us
California, Maryland

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