Re: [MDOsprey] Brown's Bridge

Darius Ecker (dariuse@abs.net)
Sun, 8 Aug 1999 23:49:03 -0400 

Just a thought.  Last year I found three (I think it was three) Western
Sandpipers at Brown Bridge. I did have my scope with me, and the views
through the scope helped me convince myself of the ID. If you find something
unusual on the other side of the water, you'll wish you had your scope
along.

Good Birding,

Darius Ecker (dariuse@abs.net)

Columbia, Maryland USA

-----Original Message-----
From: Wilkerson, Jordan T. <Jordan.Wilkerson@jhuapl.edu>
To: 'MDOsprey' <MDOsprey@ARI.Net>
Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 1:28 PM
Subject: RE: [MDOsprey] Brown's Bridge


>I am at Brown's Bridge several mornings a week with 10x42 binocs, and
>generally don't want anything more. The field/thicket area is fairly long,
>but the vantage points from the mowed path are convenient enough.  The
>reservoir isn't very straight on that end, so you won't have too much need
>for the extended range of a scope.  The fields and reforestation areas run
>all the way up to the shoreline so excellent views and access to the
>mudflats can be attained without the need to view or walk down the length
of
>the shore
>
>Certainly this isn't to say a scope wouldn't help, but is definitely not
>necessary.
>
>Jordan
>
>
>
> ----------
> From:  Andy Rabin [SMTP:andyrab@wam.umd.edu]
> Sent:  Thursday, August 05, 1999 12:04 PM
> To:  mdosprey@ARI.Net
> Subject:  Re: [MDOsprey] Brown's Bridge
>
>
>     Norm, Bonnie:
>
>     How important is having a scope at the Brown's Bridge area?  Is
>it
> worth taking a drive there without one?
>
> Andy Rabin
> Gaithersburg, MD
> andyrab@wam.umd.edu
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Bonnie Ott wrote:
>
> > Norm Saunders wrote:
> > >
> > >   From the Howard County side you get foot access to down-river
> > > sections not visible at all from the bridge.
> > >
> > For access to the area where the birds are you must cross
>the little
> > streamlet at the base of the gravel lot and then walk down the
> > waterline, around the bend. (heading away from the bridge)
> > Bonnie Ott
> >
>