Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 10:07:34 -0400 Reply-To: Robert Ringler Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Swampie at Cylburn MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Don, Swamp Sparrow is a fairly common migrant and can appear most anywhere. I don't know if anyone keeps a list of Cylburn sightings but I am sure Swamp Sparrow has been found there. Bob Ringler ringler@qis.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Burggraf To: Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:36 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Swampie at Cylburn > Hi. > > Two days ago, I found a swamp sparrow at Cylburn Mansion. (Dark crown with > no median stripe, gray face, eye ring, unstreaked breast, moustachial line > with white line above the black line, and the white sharply contrasting with > the gray on the face.) It struck me as a little odd to see a swamp sparrow > in an area fairly far removed from any swamp. It was hopping about in the > rows bushes (boxwood?) behind and to the East of the mansion. Since Cyburn > is the home of the Baltimore Bird Club, I expect that it has its own "yard > list." Just out of curiosity, does anyone know whether swamp sparrow is on > Cylburn's list? > > Don Burggraf > Baltimore. > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================