Re: [MDOsprey] Kelp Gull - NOT
Charlie Muise (cmmbirds@yahoo.com)
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:00:32 -0800 (PST)
Hi folks,
I am FAR from the Kelp expert, but thought I'd
report the times of my 2 successful sightings of
Shrimpy.
The Wednesday that I hosted Elizabeth Winter and
saw the possible YBLO: about 3 pm
This past Thursday, the 11th: about 11 am.
Hope this helps.
Charlie Muise
--- Tyler Bell <Bell@acnatsci.org> wrote:
> Dan et al.:
>
> Jane may weigh in on this but the best time to
> try for the Kelp Gull is NOT 11 am or later on
> the weekend due to boat traffic. Early morning
> (just after sunrise) is also not a good time as
> most of the gulls have not arrived yet. Try
> going from about 8 until 11 am or almost any
> time during the week, except late afternoon (3
> pm - dark). BTW, the couple from New York did
> see Shrimpy on Sunday morning.
>
> Good Birding!
> Tyler Bell
> mailto:bell@acnatsci.org
> California, MD
> http://www.audubon.org/chapter/md/smas/
>
> >>> "Daniel Mullarkey"
> <DANIELM@MAILBOX.ECON.AG.GOV> 11/15/99 10:50AM
> >>>
> Went looking for the Kelp Gull on Saturday, but
> with no luck. Stopped
> by the first time at 11:00, went to Pt.
> Lookout, and then returned
> from 2:00 - 3:15. In talking to other birders
> (included a couple from
> NY and one on his way back to FL after getting
> the common crane in the
> midwest), it seems Shrimpy wasn't there from
> 11-3:15, which is
> supposedly his most regular shift. Did anyone
> else see him Saturday
> or Sunday?
>
>
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Charlie Muise, Naturalist
Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary
Maryland, USA
cmmbirds@yahoo.com
"Leave the gun; take the cannoli"
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