Cool! I've heard of having "target" birds, but this is ridiculous.
Well, folks, third time's the charm - let's see what else we can
turn up.
June Tveekrem
Columbia, Howard Co, MD
tweekiebird AT toadmail DOT com
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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 2:23 PM
From: Bill Hubick <>
Hi Everyone,
I had to stop by the Columbia Crossing center today, and decided to
check for June's Great Black-backed Gull from Saturday. This would
have been a new Howard Co. bird for me, so I stopped at the far end
of the Target parking lot and scanned the light posts. I noted three
Ring-billed Gulls, then came across a very unexpected bird - a
MERLIN. Yes, the fabled "Columbia Parking Lot Effect." ... |