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Ocean City Alcids, 2/15/09

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"Kurt R. Schwarz"

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Kurt R. Schwarz

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Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:17:13 -0500

After fruitless search for the Oxford Snowy Owl, I got to the inlet 9-ish, to find only usual suspects.  But after checking other spots, and general fooling around, returned to the inlet when at 12:45 I spotted a distant Razorbill beyond the south jetty.  I was distracted and lost it.  But then another appeared much closer.  Alerting another birder, who'd already found it any way, we watched it, only to have a Dovekie materialize behind it!  It flew off north in short order.  She moved on, and I went to alert others.  As we watched, TWO more Razorbills appeared, for a total of three.  All off the south jetty.  I also sighted a fairly close Northern Gannet at about 1:00.  No sign of Greater Cormorants, though four were present further north at Indian River Inlet this afternoon.

Kurt Schwarz
HowCo
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