This is too much to resist and will be my second Jug Bay attempt for BBWD.  I plan to leave work around 2:40 and get to Jug Bay around 3:30 this afternoon.  If anyone else wants to take chase, please give me a call on my cell, 410-428-7567.

Stan

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>From: danny bystrak <>
>Sent: Jun 2, 2009 11:00 AM
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>Subject: [MDOSPREY] OK, this is getting ridiculous -- Black-bellied W. Ducks at Jug Bay
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>This morning at 06:40 am, while watching from my bucket, I saw a flock of 8 birds flying south, which I took to be cormorants at first.  Thinking I'd better make sure, I binned them and quickly switched to scope when I saw white on the upper wing surfaces.  The flock was flying south, but very nicely decided to loop around in a circle across from Selby Landing, then resume southward movement.  For the Records Committee -- I saw all black underparts, pink bills, legs trailing beyond the tail and white on the upper wing surface, covering what appeared to be most of the coverts.  They were far enough away that I really couldn't make out that the face and neck were any lighter than the underparts.  This is the 3rd time for me at Jug Bay.
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>Danny Bystrak
>Bristol, AA Co. MD
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