This was the original thought when the bird first disappeared after its 
discovery. However, while talking to some of the locals last week, they had 
informed me that the bird had indeed failed to make an appearance for about 
3 days after 2/17 but then reappeared and was seen for about two weeks 
fairly consistantly in the afternoons through the time in which it was seen 
last weekend and this was after most of the snows had cleared from the 
fields in the area. I have contacted the individual that lives just down the 
road from the Graceham Rd. site to see if he has seen it and I have not yet 
received a response. I will let the list know if a positive response is 
received. Hope fully the local that had threatened to know how to put an end 
to the nonsense in the area didn't keep his word.

By the way. I finally received the photo of the Lapwing a local had taken 
that reportedly showed two individuals. There are indeed two birds in the 
photo. Unfortunatley, as suspected, they are of two different species. The 
second bird was a Killdeer.

Ed Boyd
Westminster, MD

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> The lapwing seems to disappear with the snow.  There is the possibility of
> more the next few days and perhaps it will drive the bird back to its
> roadside haunts.
>
> J. Steven Huy
> Middletown, MD, USA
> 
>
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