[MDOsprey] Rough-legged Hawk, N. Gannet in Anne Arundel County
Miliff@aol.com
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 13:03:36 EST
Hello MDOsprey,
I received the following from Al Haury who is not subscribed to MDOsprey. He
asked that I spread the word.
> On the way to the MOS meeting, we (Dotty and I) spotted a Rough-legged
> Hawk perched on a low snag about 50 feet from Route 97 in the Glen Burnie
> area. A nice adult bird.
> We had a single Northern Gannet today on the Club's trip to Hackett
> Point. We were along the southern edge of Hackett Point and the bird was
> feeding in the middle of the bay in a southerly direction from us.
I gather that Hackett Point=Greenbury Point, near Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County. I found no Hackett Point on my maps but noted that the Anne Arundel
Bird Club's trip was scheduled to Greenbury Point. Hopefully Al will correct
me if I am wrong.
The Rough-legged Hawk is a great bird for Anne Arundel County and I hope
folks making that commute will keep an eye out for it and report further
sightings. This is, of course, something of an invasion year for the species.
Gannet is also quite unusual that far up the Bay, though there are
perhaps as many as three CBC records. Most recently was 1995 (I think) when
10+ were counted. Interestingly I too had a Northern Gannet in that section
of the Bay a couple weeks back (30 Nov) which also was somewhat unusual.
That bird was about a 2nd-year bird, with a totally dark back and whitish
undersides. Be alert for the species in the Bay this year.
Best,
Marshall Iliff
miliff@aol.com
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Marshall J. Iliff
Annapolis, MD
miliff@aol.com
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