Re: Fwd: Yellow-headed Blackbird in MD
Fran Saunders (saunderf@ARI.Net)
Tue, 11 May 1999 19:28:53 -0400
Thanks for posting, Elliott. I was going to put it up myself.
For those interested, this sounds like the Great Falls area....
Fran
> 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
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