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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MERRITT, Rich [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:34 PM
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> I will be in Ocean City with my family for four days 
> beginning Monday. If I'm good and get up early, I think I'll 
> be able to do some birding without threat of divorce.
> 
> If anyone can give me any information on good birding spots 
> within an hour or so of Ocean City, that will be great.  My 
> wife and I plan to head to Assateague for at least one day- 
> she for the ponies, me for the avian fauna.
> 
> Specific localities for the following birds will be greatly 
> appreciated: Blue Grosbeak, Chuck-wills-widow (they still 
> singing?), Prothonitary, Worm-eating, Swainson's and Kentucky 
> Warblers, and Chat. Also, are Hudsonian Godwits working their 
> way through yet? What about weekday trips to see Shearwaters 
> & Storm-Petrels?
> 
> Many thanks in advance for your invaluable information. 
> Please respond to 
> 
> Cordially,
> Rich Merritt
>