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Re: [Spam:SpamScore 3.8] Re: [MDOSPREY] American Bittern

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Patricia Valdata

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Patricia Valdata

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Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:56:56 -0500

Is this an exceptionally good time of year for American Bitterns?
I saw one today at Bombay Hook, which alternated between stealth
mode and the head-up posture, easily visible, and then best of all, it FLEW
into another stand of grasses. They are strikingly pretty birds in the air.
Another birder told me he saw three of them in that clump of grass last week
(Shearness Pond, where there were many swans, but no "Louis Armstrong").

FYI, with all the rain we've been having, I checked my bird feeder, which
is made of wood, and discovered that seed had sprouted, and the seed
toward the bottom and inside was getting moldy. Of course I got rid of
all the seed, scraped it, cleaned it with a bleach solution, and let
it dry overnight after Bob drilled some drain holes in it. I've never 
had a feeder
get so gross, especially in November, but we've had seven days of rain in
the past three weeks, and warm temperatures. If you haven't taken a close
look at your feeder in a few days, you may want to check for similar problems.

At 12:55 PM 11/25/2006, Cavigelli, Michel wrote:
>The bittern is still at Lake Artemesia as of noon today, . . .

--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