Phil,
A reliable place a bit farther south to view the Red-cockaded is in Croatan
National Park just adjacent to New Bern, NC (gotta boost my fellow tarheels
ya know!). Got some nice photos a few yrs back. The Swainson's Warbler was a nice addition. :D
Paul Noell
Balto. MD
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Phil Davis <pdavis...> wrote:
>Hi MD Birding:
>
>I'm always interested in the status of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker
>colony at Piney Grove Preserve in Virginia since it is less than 90
>miles from the closest point of Maryland in southeastern Somerset
>County. See the cross-posted message, below, from VA-Birds.
>
>The last accepted Maryland Red-cockaded Woodpecker record was of a
>pair from May 1974 photographed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
>in Laurel, MD by Brooke Meanley and Matt Perry. There have also been
>four subsequent southern Maryland MD reports; two from the late 1970s
>and two from the 1980s. (These four reports were either not reviewed
>or were not accepted, but that doesn't mean that some or all of the
>reports were not valid.)
>
>At the bottom of this message, I've pasted a jpg copy of the historic
>range map (I'm not sure who to credit; USFWS, I think) ...
>
>FYI ... here's a link to the Piney Grove Preserve web page ...
>
> http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/virginia/placesweprotect/piney-grove-preserve.xml
>
>Phil
>
>
>From: "Wilson, Michael D" <mdwils...>
>To: "<va-bird...>" <va-bird...>
>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 21:52:05 +0000
>Subject: [Va-bird] Red-cockaded Woodpecker 2012 breeding
>
>Virginia now supports the largest number of red-cockaded woodpecker
>(RCW) breeding pairs since the 1980s. Center for Conservation Biology
>biologists documented 10 breeding pairs on The Nature Conservancy's
>Piney Grove Preserve during the breeding season of 2012. This is a
>modern-day high and represents a five-fold increase from the low of 2
>breeding pairs in the spring of 2000. Breeders produced 26 young
>narrowly surpassing the recent record of 25 in 2011. Along with 45
>total adults, the population has reached its highest level in more
>than 20 years. After 11 years of intensive population and habitat
>management the Virginia RCW population is showing a dramatic response.
>
>However, the long road of recovery for RCWs in our region has not
>ended. The overall national recovery plan for RCWs is divided into
>several regional units. Each of these units must reach their
>individual population goals before delisting of the species from the
>Threatened and Endangered status. Virginia and northeast North
>Carolina combine to form and Essential Support population in the
>Mid-Atlantic that has an ultimate goal of 100 breeding pairs.
>Significant properties in this sub-region include the Piney Grove
>Preserve in Virginia, and in North Carolina include the Alligator
>River NWR, Dare County Bombing Range, Palmetto-Peartree Preserve, and
>Poscosin Lakes NWR. Together, these properties currently support < 50
>pairs. However, in Virginia there is continued hope for recovery with
>the addition of 4,500 acres of forest known as the Big Woods that
>will be managed by the state for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and other wildlife.
>
>We will continue to monitor the Piney Grove population to determine
>the fate of the 2012 young and maintain regular updates on
>Red-cockaded Woodpecker status. Funds for monitoring RCWs in Virginia
>are provided by the Center for Conservation Biology, the Nature
>Conservancy, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries,
>and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
>
>
>[]
>
>
>
>===================================================
>Phil Davis, Secretary
>MD/DC Records Committee
>2549 Vale Court
>Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA
>301-261-0184
>mailto:<PDavis...>
>
>MD/DCRC Web site: http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
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