Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 17:53:43 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Charlie Subject: Re: Loggerhead Shrike (invisible morph) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Greg, Sorry to hear you didn't get the shrike(s). I saw a post 2-3 days ago from someone who relocated it/them. They do have awefully big ranges, and when the MOS trip I led found them, it looked as though they may have been feeding young. I wonder if it's been long enough that they've since fledged? Good luck! If I see any this year, I'll be sure to let you know directly. Charlie --- Greg Miller wrote: > Howdy All! > > Any recent news on the Loggerhead Shrike[s] at > Lilypons in Frederick County? I was there > Friday > afternoon and spent half an hour near the > intersection > of Lilypons Rd and Rt 85, carefully scanning > treetops, > wires, fenceposts, and bushes, but to no avail. > I > also drove slowly out Oland Rd, north on New > Design > Rd, east on Adamstown Rd, and south again on Rt > 85. > Zero. Zip. Nada. > > Was 0 for 6 on Northerns. Now 0 for 2 on > Loggerheads. > Left with the dratted INVISIBLE MORPH birds. > Oh, and > MUTE, too... > > While I'm at it, I remember hearing Ring-necked > Pheasants years ago (early 90s) along > Mountville? Rd > (sorta diagonal from "T" intersection with > Oland Rd > and New Design Rd). Were these released birds? > > There also used to be Ring-necked Pheasants (as > late > as 1994) just north of Monacacy Battlefield > Monument > in the field on the west side of Rt 355 (just > south of > the Norwest office complex). I've only been > back once > since then (1999), but did not hear them. > Released > birds, too? > > -Greg Miller > Hollywood, MD > > __________________________________________________ > 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 > ======================================================================= ===== **************************************** 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================