Fwd: Yellow-headed Blackbird in MD

Elliot Kirschbaum (ekirschb@bcpl.net)
Tue, 11 May 1999 07:29:31 -0400


I did not see this posted on MDOsprey, so I thought I would forward it.

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Date:        5/10/99 8:38 AM
Received:    5/10/99 10:04 AM
From:        Simonson, Don (OD/ORS), simonsond@VRP.NCRR.NIH.GOV
To:          BIRDCHAT, BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU

My wife, Marcia Simonson, saw a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. It was seen 
flying at C
and O Canal National Historic Park, Montgomery County, MD on Sunday May 
9, 1999
at 10:10 am. Marcia made sketches.
 It flew over the Canal approximately 3/4 mi east of Old Anglers Inn 
Parking
lot, approx 1/2 mile west of Canal Bridge Court, heading ESE, toward a 
small
marshy area on the north edge of the canal.  Adult or sub-adult male.  I 
was
standing next to Marcia looking at a red-shouldered hawk and missed the
blackbird!  It was seen on the north side of the canal.  Two hours of 
searching
did not relocate it.
Another illustration of the (Roger Tory) Peterson Principle: in migration,
anything can be found anywhere!
Posted by: Don Simonson
14911 Springfield Rd
Germantown, MD 20874
ph 301-496-3347 daytime
email : simonson@nih.gov


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Elliot Kirschbaum
Baltimore, MD USA
mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net