Ok Take that back then .... 


Saundra Byrd 
Baltimore 

--- On Wed, 1/20/10, John McKitterick <> wrote:

> From: John McKitterick <>
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Possible Meteor at Deal Island?
> To: 
> Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 6:24 AM
> As reported on the Baltimore Sun
> weather blog, there was indeed a meteor
> reported Monday evening:
> 
> http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2010/01/twilight_meteor_reported_monda.html
> 
> --John McKitterick
> 
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Ross Geredien <>wrote:
> 
> > Ed,
> > Wow, I forgot, I saw the same exact phenomenon last
> evening at twilight at
> > Deal Island WMA.  It looked exactly like a meteor
> streaking downward, then
> > it burned out soon before reaching the ground. 
> It left an illuminated trail
> > of smoke in the glowing afterlight of sunset.  It
> was quite beautiful and
> > stunning, actually.  I could only assume it was a
> meteor, though I'm not
> > aware of any major showers right now.  Either
> that or a falling piece of
> > space debris.
> > Ross
> >
> > --- On Tue, 1/19/10, Ed Boyd <>
> wrote:
> >
> > From: Ed Boyd <>
> > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Razorbill at OC Inlet
> > To: 
> > Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 8:49 PM
> >
> > Regarding this, Jim Stasz, Bob Ringler and I were at
> the inlet last evening
> > for about 2 hours as the sun set. We returned this
> morning at about 7:30 or
> > so and stayed for an hour or so, left, returned at
> about 12:30, stayed for
> > about 30 minutes as nothing was happening and were
> there again for another
> > slow half hour at around 2:00. We had no Razorbills
> during this time frame.
> > Today was very slow in general at the inlet for us.
> There were 4 seals on
> > the dock behind the motel on the back side of the
> inlet and one on the rocks
> > of the south jetty this morning. Jim will be posting
> the totals for us
> > eventually, I'm sure.
> >
> > Last evening we had about 10,000 Snow Geese that had
> been rafting out on
> > the ocean get up and fly inland at sundown while we
> were at the inlet. We
> > left and went to the Francis Scott Key motel where
> another 5,000 or so birds
> > continued to fly inland off the ocean overhead. We
> could only see them by
> > this time due to the lights from the businesses along
> Rte. 50 shinning on
> > them from below. It was an amazing site.
> >
> > We had just gotten to the hotel and unloaded when I
> saw something fall
> > through the atmosphere to the west of us. The object
> was very bright with
> > bits coming off of it as it fell. It kind of looked
> like a bottle rocket
> > falling downward. I thought it was just a very bright
> meteor but it left a
> > smoke trail in the atmosphere. The smoke trail
> lingered for sometime and it
> > was because of this that we saw the geese come over as
> I had called Jim and
> > Bob out to look at the trail in the sky. If anyone has
> any information on
> > this phenomenon, I'd appreciate hearing from you. I
> have yet to do a search
> > on it since returning home this evening.
> >
> > Ed Boyd
> > Westminster, MD
> > Phil Davis wrote:
> > > MD Osprey:
> > >
> > > I just got a call from Leo Weigant. He is at the
> Ocean City, MD Inlet and
> > had just had excellent views of a Razorbill in the
> middle of the inlet. The
> > bird was found this morning (Tue 19 Jan 2010) by Lance
> Biechele around 9:25
> > am and Leo watched it until about 9:35 am when it flew
> out towards the
> > ocean.
> > >
> > > It sounds like there may be a large influx of
> Razorbills moving in. Leo
> > said that Lance had heard of very large numbers north
> of us.
> > >
> > > Good luck.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >
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> > > Phil Davis      Davidsonville,
> Maryland     USA
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