Sigh. I can't get out there, so I am glad to have seen the photos of 
this very pretty bird.
I'll have to settle for seeing a male Baltimore Oriole hopping down 
Big Elk Chapel Road today
north of Elkton. I have never seen Orioles except way high in the 
trees, so it was a pleasure
to spot this one without getting a crick in my neck.

At 03:31 PM 6/6/2006, Paul O'Brien wrote:
>Michelle,
>
>Kudos for doing exactly the right thing and getting the word out about the
>presence of the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck at Rio.   As a result, 
>the bird has
>been photographed and fully documented for the Records Committee's files.
>And a lot of interested birders got to see it, too.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Paul O'Brien, Chair
>MD/DC Records Committee
>

--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato