Hint- Take a pair of boots if you're going to be there at high tide and plan 
to go up on the fishing pier to look over the marsh for short ears.  The end 
of the pier becomes totally submerged.
Have fun,
Jan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maurice Barnhill" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Port Mahon


> Ben Weinstein wrote:
>
>> I'm hopefully going to Bombay hook this weekend. I also wanted to visit 
>> "port mahon rd", but as strange as it sounds i can't find an accurate 
>> address or set of directions. So, in relation to bombay hook, where is 
>> Port Mahon?
>> -Thanks
>> Ben Weinstein
>
> Go south on DE route 9 through Leipsic to the town of Little Creek.  Take 
> the only road east.  Where you see the petroleum tanks there is an 
> impoundment on your right, which can be viewed from either the west or the 
> east end.  You can drive along the Bay for a brief distance (the fishing 
> pier provides a good vantage point) and then along the Leipsic River to a 
> dead end at a parking lot and boat ramp.  The marshes have been ditched by 
> the state and are much less productive than they used to be, but still 
> have Short-eared Owls at dawn and dusk.  Shorebirding should be good once 
> migration starts in earnest.  Try the impoundment at high tide if the 
> water levels decrease a bit and the Bay edge at lower tides.
>
> This and other Delaware locations are described on a web page at 
> <http://www.physics.udel.edu/~barnhill/Birdhtml/delloc2.html>.
>
>