MY Red Breasted Nuthatch showed itself again on Friday :) now what are the odds that it will decide to stay & breed - oh wait that takes two :(
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I noted 5 [assumed] Ring-billed Gulls in a yard overflight yesterday as well and recalled that this is the appx time when i would see large flocks assembled on the fields on either side of MD 17 (near to US 340) when i would be returning home from work following my MARC rail commute into the Brunswick rail station.� This migration was noted in the Stewart & Robbins pub:� Birds of MD and the Dictrict of Columbia [North American Fauna #62; pub date 1958; a great historical reference if you can find it].� It's nice to see that some traditions continue.� The birds are around for about a week and then...???
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I also had a couple of Pileateds calling back and forth in the vicinity today.� A forested creek is nearby...
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Jim Speicher
Broad Run/Burkittsville Area
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ps Note to AOU:� Why is it Ring-billed rather than Ringed-bill?� What in the world is a BILLED RING anyway :)
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