Folks

As with mushrooms, there are old mushroom hunters, and there are bold 
mushroom hunters, but there are no old, bold mushroom hunters.  The same may 
go for Indian Pipes.

George



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Tyler Bell" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 4:22 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Indian Pipes


If it just sprouted recently, it's probably Indian Pipes. Take a look at 
this web site and see if this is the culprit:
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct2002.html
I noticed a bunch of them had just come up in our yard since Saturday. They 
typically emerge in early July after rains.

Tyler Bell

California, Maryland


----- Original Message ----
From: Dan haas <>
To: 
Sent: Monday, July 7, 2008 3:58:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Severn River / Annapolis Area

Do let me know if we ID that odd white, translucent plant. I need to
know if it's edible. With food prices on the rise, I just thought...
mmm, maybe not.

-Dan

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Warren Strobel <> 
wrote:
> Dan - thanks again for some great summer birding. Lisa topped off the day
> during our evening stroll by calling in the Great Horned Owl that has been
> hunting in Saltworks in recent weeks!
>
> Good Birding all
> Warren & Lisa Strobel
>
> www.birdcouple.com
>
>
> On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:13:46 -0400, Dan haas <>
> wrote:
>
>>Greetings Ospreyers,
>>
>>I trust everyone had a fine 4th of July weekend. Here are some
>>results from today's excursions.
>>
>>My friend Josh and I set out on kayaks at the crack of dawn (or maybe
>>it was 10AM?) for the first annual 'Clean Up the Mess on the Bay Day'.
>>Our prize? We took home SEVEN fully-stuffed black garbage bags filled
>>with old cans, glass, styrofoam, nets, yards and yards of cloth, Tyvek
>>house wrap, rusty wire crab traps, and more plastic bits of junk than
>>one could ever imagine. I hope everyone enjoys the new, much cleaner
>>looking Severn River.
>>
>>BIRDS SEEN:
>>-TWO PURPLE MARTINS. They have recently moved into one of the two
>>Martin gourd houses that I installed around Weems Creek in West
>>Annapolis. The white gourds are easily visible from the Ridgely
>>Avenue Bridge just to the North. As for the second martin house, it's
>>up high on a hill at my friend's home (too difficult to reach today
>>with our garbage-collecting mission). I did sent my friend an email
>>to inquire about his gourds. As of yet, I have no information on that
>>house and/or it's possible current residents.
>>-TWO PEREGRINE FALCONS. After some extended observation, it is highly
>>likely that these two have a scrape and are in the process of raising
>>a family. More soon.
>>-MANY Osprey and Barn Swallows
>>Returned home and took a much needed shower to remove that wonderful
>>marshy-mud smell. Decided to get back out and do some more birding...
>>this time with less trash.
>>
>>Later, joined by Warren and Lisa Strobel (http://www.birdcouple.com/),
>>we spent a few hours at Waterworks Park and vicinity in Annapolis.
>>Blue Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings, Northern-Rough Winged Swallows,
>>Grasshopper Sparrows, Eastern Meadowlark, Belted Kingfisher and
>>Orchard Orioles were just some of the highlights. We also found some
>>really interesting plants and empty eggs that will be fun to ID. Got
>>home and took another shower to remove the bug-repellent.
>>
>>And now... relaxation.
>>
>>Good Birding,
>>
>>Dan Haas
>>West Annapolis, MD
>>
>>http://wahzoh.blogspot.com/
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