FYI for anyone interested the Mears property is a part of Patapsco Valley State Park. You can also park on Rolling Rd across for the 195 park and ride to access the property there are several trails that access the property from that location. The property is a part of the parks managed deer hunting program for bowhunting. Bow season starts September 15 unless they changed the date onme this year and hunters will start scouting the property in August. That being said if anyone is in the property and they encounter tree stands or bait piles etc. I'd like to know about it because they have to remove their equipment every day and we do not allow baiting for deer on state owned/managed lands. Thanks, Mike
On 06/30/12, stan arnold wrote:
Keith/Jim
Has anyone found Blue-winged Warbler at Mears in recent years? I ask, because Charlie Kucera and I atlased the area extensively for five years (2002-2006), and not once did we find a Blue-winged Warbler there. The convent was also covered extensively during the same period, and again, no blue-wings.
Stan Arnold
Ferndale
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Jim Wilkinson <lakekoshare...> wrote:
On Friday, June 29, 2012 10:32:58 AM UTC-4, Keith Eric Costley wrote:
> <font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Hoping to find a Blue-winged Warbler, I walked in the open fields at Mears Farm Park this morning. I enjoyed seeing/hearing nine Blue Grosbeak (including one young fledgling), seven Indigo Buntings and a family of Baltimore Oriole. Prairie Warblers were feeding young in several locations and two Yellow-breasted Chats were singing. No Blue-winged Warblers today.
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> Mears Farm Park appears to part of Patapsco Valley State Park near Foxhall Farm Road (a private road) and Rolling Road in Catonsville. We permission granted, I usually park at Saint Johns United Church of Christ and walk down Foxhall to the gate.
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> The eBird list: <a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11065887" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/ebird/view/<WBR>checklist?subID=S11065887</a>
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Keith,
Your post brought back memories of birding in that area when I lived in Baltimore. I remember finding Blue-winged Warbler in either Foxhall Farm or the St Gabriel Retreat Center grounds.
Jim Wilkinson
Columbia, MD
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