Dave, 

   I was at Piney Run Park yesterday along the north shore and the Avocet was not there. After seeing your message this morning I checked the upper end of the lake at White Rock Road and did not see the Avocet there either. A tall shorebird could find shallow water in many parts of the lake. Did the photographer say in which part of the lake the bird was seen? Was the observer in a boat? 

Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD 
 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David CURSON" <> 
To:  
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 9:27:50 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] FW: american avocet in MD lake 7/09/09 

I just received this notice of an American Avocet at Piney Run Lake seen yesterday. Barry Hoskins sent a photo to Audubon's Action Alert Coordinator. 

Not sure if this has already been posted. The photo (not included here) showed a nice adult avocet, which was clearly close to the observer! 

Good luck. 

Dave 

David Curson, PhD 
Director of Bird Conservation, 
Audubon Maryland-DC, 
Tel: (410) 558 2473 


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From: POMPER, Liz 
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 9:13 AM 
To: CURSON, David 
Cc: BUTCHER, Greg 
Subject: FW: american avocet in MD lake 7/09/09 

FYI. -Liz 

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From: Barry Hoskins [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:06 PM 
To: Audubon Action 
Subject: american avocet in MD lake 7/09/09 
This is cell phone picture, but wanted to share this image of an American Avocet observed on Piney Run Lake in central MD on 7/09/09.  First we have seen this at our local shallow lake. 
Barry Hoskins