Hi All, Heres photo of American Bittern found at SWAP in Southwest Baltimore on Saturday . ok ill send Gray Ghost also. Warning Blurry Photos
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3392/3438267178_20e8fe1fcd_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3643/3437487267_90cb3cee09_b.jpg
Did some checking yesterday of places in the area and didnt refind Bittern. 
Saundra byrd 
 
baltimore 

--- On Sat, 4/11/09, Saundra Byrd <> wrote:

> From: Saundra Byrd <>
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] American Bittern SWAP
> To: 
> Date: Saturday, April 11, 2009, 11:41 PM
> Hi Everyone, 
> 
> This day was interesting to say the least. !!!!  It
> started off with disappointment as I was suppose to go to
> Oxbow Lake and look for the American Bittern ,  with
> Eileen Wise but that got rained out . Around 2:00 i went out
> to eat and do some shopping .Afterward I stopped by
> Southwest Area Park in Southwest Baltimore for a quick check
> . I stopped on the gravel road to check the marsh area and
> wasnt disappointed. Firstly the fox came out and i took a
> couple pictures. Then something very large was flying very
> low at the end of the road which i first got excited
> thinking Northern Goshawk but ended up being a Gray Ghost
> .After 15 minutes of watching her scan the marsh and trying
> to take photos out the passenger window something else flew
> in at the end of the road . It was flying with a straight
> long neck and appeared brown in color . It flew over the
> large pond and then came and landed in the small pond about
> 50 feet from the road . Got to get acouple photos which was
> another story and then some people walked by and scared it
> off. It headed south towards Belle Grove road . I lost it by
> the power towers so it may not have gone too far.This was
> also a new Lifebird for me.   birds seen
> 
> Redshouldered hawk 
> Cooper hawk 
> Shorebirds     4    didnt try
> to id 
> Blackcrowned nightheron     1 flyover
> Swallow         50 
>     mix of Barn , Tree, Northernroughwing
> AMERICAN BITTERN
> Northern Harrier   Gray Ghost
> 
> 
> Saundra Byrd 
> 
> baltimore 
> sorry for mistakes as im trying to get this out before the
> computer freezes 
>