MD OSprey, DE-Birds:

I arrived at the Catch 54 restaurant around 5 pm (6/25) and did not 
find the bird there. I drove around, south of Harpoon Hannah's 
restaurant, as suggested by Joe Hanfman, and then pulled in behind 
the Happy Harry's pharmacy  on the north side of Rt 54, just east of 
the bridge, and found the bird in the wetlands around 5:15. At 5:30 
the bird flew and I lost sight of it behind the phrag about one 
minute before Bill Hubick, Jim Brighton, and Stan Arnold arrived. A 
few minutes later it flew back to the same spot, behind the pharmacy. 
The four of us then moved to the top of the bridge when we could see 
it and also see into Maryland in case it flew south. We watched it 
until 9:15 pm but it stayed in DE, north of Rt 54, the entire time. 
Sometimes it was out of sight in the wetlands behind taller 
vegatation. Later in the evening it flew to the west side of the 
river, immediately north of the Catch 54 restaurant and landed on the 
grass with some Canada Geese and Mallards. It wandered to the edge of 
the water (still just north of the restaurant) and took a nap. Next 
it flew a short distance to the flats right next to the restaurant. 
Around 9:05 pm it settled in for the evening. We left around 9:15. I 
ran an errand (purchased some Harpoon Hannah's coconut muffins to 
take home ... ummm!) and checked the bird one more time at 9:35 pm 
from the Catch 54 restaurant ... it was still there, asleep!

I have some photos of it DE that I will forward to the DE Records 
Committee. Bill Hubick has lots of good pix.

We hoped it was going to head south to roost in a tree somewhere in 
MD, but it seemed content to sleep al fresco on the sandbar last night.

Good luck!

Phil


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Phil Davis      Davidsonville, Maryland     USA
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