[MDOsprey] Bird Sightings in DE and MD, 6/12/99
Jane Kostenko (jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us)
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 19:22:21 -0400
Apologies for crossposting but the first birds listed should be of interest
to most people concerned.
Tyler Bell and I just returned from a trip to Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware
where Stan Arnold and Glen from Delaware had relocated the Little Egret at
about 11:00 a.m. on the south or east side of Raymond Pool. The bird was
often near the water control structure but ranged well into the impoundment
and a couple of times flew completely out of sight on the other side of the
levee to the south near the Boardwalk Trail. The bird was present off and on
throughout the day until when we left it at about 2:00 p.m. The gray-green
lores were quite distinct when compared with the adjacent Snowy Egrets. The
bird still had it's 2 tubular breeding plumes hanging down the nape of its
neck.
Also present was a White-faced Ibis which was losing its white facial
feathering. The feathers were still quite distinct in the width around the
face.
As a piece de resistance, we found 3 Peregrine Falcons on the St. Mary's
County side of the Solomons bridge. It looked like a male, a female and a
juvenile. Pretty cool!
Jane Kostenko and Tyler Bell
jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us
California, Maryland
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