on 10/29/05 1:47 PM, Andy Martin at  wrote:

> I missed the Neotropic this morning between about 9 and 9:40.  Folks had
> seen it fly downriver prior to my arrival.  Saw it Thurs. but was hoping
> to get another look.   The White-winged Scoter was there however,
> hanging out close to the VA shore upstream towards the water intake
> facility.  Some Rusty Blackbirds were in the Buttonbush swamp at Hughes
> Hollow and dozen or so Horned Larks were on the polo grounds off Hughes Rd.

It did return about 11:30 a.m., and the the hoard ran about a mile south and
then back a mile north for some good exercise and the bird led us all on a
merry chase.

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Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
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