It can't get much worse than this for the rest of us, I hope that you all
know that. There will be absolutely no living with him (Jim) now. We will
not be worthy.          ;^D

Ed Boyd
Westminster, MD

Jim, you can withhold the 'creep' comment. That is one prognostication that
I see on the horizon for me, so you can consider it already delivered.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Taylor McLean" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 5:38 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] RE Anhinga: Way to go Tyler Bell ( and way to go JIm
Stasz!!!)


> Congrats to Tyler Bell for spotting the Anhinga!
>
> But it is incredible that Jim Stasz ( who likes to go out on a limb)
looked
> at the weather and season and predicted an Anhinga this weekend!!
> I may never go out on a limb with you Jim, but I will look forward to you
> next emails!!
>
>                  good birding!
>
>                                     Taylor McLean
>
>     PS  It would be too much if somebody spooted a swallow-tailed kite -
the
> second and final bird Jim predicts  this weekend.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tyler Bell" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 12:59 PM
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Anhinga, Calvert county, noon, 4/16
>
>
> At lunch today I went out to monitor bluebird boxes at Patterson Park in
> Calvert county. When I was done I decided to see if any Grasshopper
Sparrows
> were on site yet at Mackall and Cage Roads. There were some singing Horned
> Larks but no sparrows yet. Then I noticed a small cloud of Tree Swallows,
> perhaps 15 to 20.
>
> When I glassed them I noticed a larger bird behind them in the distance.
> This was a large black bird with a long neck and long tail which was
fanned
> out slightly. It was soaring in a thermal in the characteristic
> flap-flap-flap glide that I've seen Anhingas do hundreds of times while
> doing research in the Everglades. I watched it soaring until I lost it in
> the floaters.
>
> I tried to relocate the bird by driving north (the direction it seemed to
be
> heading) to the Mackall and Parran Road intersection but found nothing
more
> than Turkey Vultures and an Osprey. I wish I had been able to see this
bird
> earlier because it almost surely flew over Patterson Park. That would be a
> nice park bird!
>
> Keep your eyes open further north though this thing may be only a speck.
>
> Tyler Bell
> 
> California, Maryland
>
> Wave that flag...wave it wide and high!
> Grateful Dead, U.S. Blues
>
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