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Thursday sighting of Glossy Ibis.. still at Hains Point, DC

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Robert Anderson

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:05:16 -0400

FYI
For those that have not seen it yet.

At 2:30 this afternoon, coming back from a meeing in DC I drove through
Hains Point and instantly (within 2 minutes of looking around) found the
Ibis at the same "grassy strip between the road and Washington Channel, just
beyond the parking lot where the out-bound road becomes one-way."

Pretty little bird. I was able to stay in the car and watch it from 20 feet
with out bothering it.

Thanks for the excellent directions John and Michael.

Rob


>From: "John D. Beetham" <>
>Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding <>
>To: 
>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Glossy Ibis at Hains Point, DC
>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:47:27 -0400
>
>As of 6:30 this evening, the glossy ibis was still at East Potomac Park,
>in more or less the same area described by Michael Bowen. By the time I
>arrived this evening, it had moved from the golf course (too many
>golfers, I suppose) to the grassy strip between the road and Washington
>Channel, just beyond the parking lot where the out-bound road becomes
>one-way. I was able to watch it picking through the grass for some time
>from about ten feet away; it did not seem disturbed by my presence or by
>the bicycles racing past.
>
>A hundred or more laughing gulls were gathered on the north end of the
>golf course.
>
>John Beetham
>Washington, DC
>
>Lydia Schindler wrote:
>
>>Mike Bowen is delighted to be looking at an adult GLOSSY IBIS at Hains
>>Point, SW DC. The bird is on the 7th fairway on the golf course, which
>>can best be seen along the cross road--which cuts over to the road that
>>leads out to the point--across from the park service building.
>>
>>Lydia Schindler
>>Darnestown
>>