Re: [MDOsprey] Cecil- Gunthers & Courthouse Pt.
Harry Fisher (fish8553@dpnet.net)
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 23:17:48 -0400
Paul Woodward wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harry Fisher <fish8553@dpnet.net>
> To: mdosprey@ARI.Net <mdosprey@ARI.Net>
> Date: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 1:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [MDOsprey] Cecil- Gunthers & Courthouse Pt.
>
> >On previous post forgot to mention a female Wood Duck with 17!!! downy
> >young.
> >Leslie Fisher
> >
> >
>
> What a coincidence! Monday I also saw a female Wood Duck with 17 young in
> the Potomac near Sycamore Landing. The strange thing was that 7 of the
> young were about 21/2 to 3 times bigger than the other ones- like there were
> two broods, but I only saw one female.
Only one female in evidence here too, but all the young `uns were of the same
size. I was fairly astonished by the size of the family.Leslie Fisher
Cecil Co.
>
>
> Paul Woodward
> Fairfax,VA