Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 16:10:26 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Charlie Subject: Garrett & Allegany breeding birds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi folks, A bit of an update from the cooler side of the state... We believe we have 3 Cerulean Warbler territories staked out. We hear individual males still singing at 2 sites every day, and at the third site weekly. We're not doing active nest searching, and since these guys like to hang out so far up, we hope to get lucky and find a family group in the next few weeks. Blackpolls FINALY left last week. I never thought I'd hear or see one of those guys in June in MD, but we had plenty. Things are jumping in Green Ridge SF. Family groups seen so far include Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Vireo sp (probably Blue-headed) Tufted Titmouse. The birds that breed on the edge of the forest are well ahead of the interior nesters we pay attention to. Nests with young include many Worm-eating Warbler and Ovenbird, and a couple Wood Thrush. At Savage River SF in Garrett, things are about one week behind. Still have a bit of territory setting up. Today I found a Black-and-White Warbler nest. Blue-headed Vireo, Veery, Wood Thrush and Acadian Flycatcher nests have been seen. We have a decent idea of territories for Hermit Thrush, Least Flycatchers, Black-throated Green and Black-throated Blue Warblers. We have apparent territories for Magnolia. I'm disappointed that the Nashville male and female I saw and heard 3 weeks ago didn't stick around. They probably weren't a pair, but I was hoping! Both the Hooded Warbler nests I found have failed. One appears to be re-building nearby. We don't touch nests, or walk within 5 meters of known nests (I am SO paranoid of stepping on a WEWA or OVEN nest!). We never walk a dead-end route to and away from a nest - always circumspect, so in the unlikely event a predator follows our trail, it doesn't dead end at lunch. I am envious of all the water birds I keep reading of, but it's nice out here in the woods! Good birding. Charlie ===== **************************************** Charlie Muise, Naturalist Frostburg, Maryland, USA And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords - Alan Wilson Watts __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================