Re: [MDOsprey] Gull Question
Charlie Muise (cmmbirds@yahoo.com)
Fri, 19 Nov 1999 14:18:41 -0800 (PST)
Hi folks,
I have CC'd Mr. Heath, but thought that others
may want to hear this. It is based only weakly
on my own observations, but also on lots of
personal communication from knowledgeable sources
(some of whom are here, and may want to pipe
in...)
At Jug Bay, on the Patuxent River, there is a
"daily migration" of gulls. The species vary
with time of year, but whoever they are, they do
more or less the same thing. They spend the
night on the Ches Bay, or at least far down river
of us, on big water. This is likely to be safer
from potential predators. In the mornings they
move upstream, likely to feed at landfills,
McD's, etc. In the mid-to lad afternoon they
retrace the course, stopping for some amount of
time here at Jug Bay - the most-upstream wide
spot of the river. There is a woman working on
her Master's here, studying what it is they do
when they hang around here, and in a few months
we may have a better idea of what they do and
why.
Charlie Muise
--- Les Eastman <les_eastman@netfox.net> wrote:
> I am forwarding this question to MDOsprey and
> MarVaDel as I am sure
> there are many people who can answer this
> better than I can. Please
> respond directly to Mr. Heath since I do not
> know if he is subscribed to
> either group.
>
> Les Eastman
> Havre de Grace, MD
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: The Gulls are back at Conowingo
> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 08:43:30 -0500 (EST)
> From: cheath@alexandria.adroit.com
> To: les_eastman@netfox.net
>
> >From our office on the Potomac in Alexandria
> Virginia, we can see a stream of birds flying
> down river in a dusk. I believe they are
> actually comming from above Washington,
> e.i.upstream, but don't know how far downstream
> they are going. At closer range there seem to
> be two groups. The higher are gulls with black
> wing tips and there is another, smaller flight
> that flys very close to the water and whose
> upper wings appear to be solid black.
> Can you explain what we are seeing? Is this a
> seasonal pattern? What
> type of gulls are we probably seeing? What are
> their probable terminis?
> You advice would be much appreciated.
> Charles Heath
> Adroit Systems, Inc.
>
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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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