[MDOsprey] Needwood cliffs and Huntley kite

Howard Youth (hmyouth@erols.com)
Sat, 17 Jul 1999 14:05:13 -0400


This a.m. (Sat., July 17) we saw the Huntley Mississippi kite briefly at 9
a.m. from the usual spot--seen from the observation deck, the bird flew
over the area in front of the dead trees, toward the left-most tower. We
saw it a total of about two minutes, as it soared briefly, then flapped out
of view behind the treeline. Didn't stick around in the heat for its return.

On July 13, I made a brief stop at Lake Needwood's shallow end, where I saw
three cliff swallows over the remaining water there. (To get to this spot
from the entrance road off Avery, take a right at the first "T" junction
and follow it [past the left-hand lake view where the geese hang out] to
the end, then take a left on the public road and pull off on the shoulder.)

Howard Youth
Rockville, MD
hmyouth@erols.com