Re: [MDOsprey] Rough-legged Hawk, N. Gannet in Anne Arundel County
Stan Arnold (blkrail@gateway.net)
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:22:03 -0500
Marshall,
do you have a more specific location for the Rough-legged Hawk off of I-97
in the Glen Burnie area? Near what crossroad? Appreciate any further
details.
Stan Arnold
Glen Burnie
-----Original Message-----
From: Miliff@aol.com <Miliff@aol.com>
To: mdosprey@ARI.Net <mdosprey@ARI.Net>
Cc: cactuswren@erols.com <cactuswren@erols.com>
Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 1:58 PM
Subject: [MDOsprey] Rough-legged Hawk, N. Gannet in Anne Arundel County
>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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