You may be interested in the following link to an article in The Capital (Annapolis newspaper) which features a frequent MDOsprey contributor. Congratulations Dan! 



http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/02_26-05/TOP<http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/02_26-05/TOP> Back Creek Neighbors Release Rescued Hawk





Dale Murphy

Edgewater, MD



  ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: Dan haas<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 

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  Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:47 PM

  Subject: [MDOSPREY] Northern Shovelers in Anne Arundel





  If you're heading up the BW Parkway, just North of the beltway there

  is a pond on the left.  Today as I was returning home I noticed a

  sizable number of Northern Shovelers enjoying the area.



  I drove around until I found a way to have a safe look (off Nursery

  Road there is an office park that backs up to this pond/marsh area).

  There I found close to 2 dozen shovelers doing there thing.



  Also, I tried this AM for the Surf Scoter in the Halethorpe Ponds

  BEFORE my morning meeting in Baltimore.  No luck.  It sure enough was

  a messy walk to the ponds with all of the rain and mud, but just as

  Stan described in last night's email: Hooded & Common Merganser, Bald

  Eagle, DC Corms and gulls-a-plenty.



  Good Birding,



  Dan Haas

  West Annapolis, MD

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