Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:10:32 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Re: More on Western MD breeders MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Charlie I care. Nesting birds have always been a fascination. I am ready to do an Atlas update folks? Thanks for the report. I am heading west next weekend and any information will be helpful. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 1:22 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] More on Western MD breeders > Hi folks, > > Lots is happening in Green Ridge State Forest > now. Family groups all over the place, and Jays > trying to eat every one of them. The pair of > Scarlett Tanagers whose nest I found Saturday, > learned between then and today why NOT to build > 50 meters from a Jay family... And I never even > got pictures. Last year a single Jay nest wiped > out every known family group in a 10-hectare > plot. > Well, we all gotta eat *something*. > > > > My boss found a Cerulean chick being fed by both > parents at a site we hadn't previously heard > CEWAs. > > I still can't find it, but I know within 5 meters > of where a CEWA nest is. I hear the chicks, see > mom and dad bring food, but no luck. Maybe with > the aid of a jet-pack or stilts... > > None of the known Worm-eating Warbler or Ovenbird > nests currently has young. And the WEWA's are > getting quiet - earlier than I'd expected. We're > waiting for a 2nd wave of OVENs. > > A Hooded Warbler was seen building a nest > yesterday. > > A pewee nest was found with 4 chicks - still have > pin feathers, so likely less than a week out of > egg. > > Savage River will likely explode with fledglings > next week. The Blue-headed Vireo nest must go in > the next day or so, if the ones being sat upon by > the 2 biggest want any breathing room! Amazing > balance to stay in the nest. > > Least Flycatchers have more or less shut up. We > haven't found a nest yet, so we'll have to rely > on food trips and luck. > > The Whip nest appears to have had one egg hatch; > the other is still there, with no adults. > > Found my 2nd Grouse family last Thursday. Mom > and 8 puffballs. > > It appears that one of the 2 Veery nests > successfully fledged: the other was predated. > > One Wood Thrush nest hatched between Friday and > Tuesday. > > One Black-throated Blue nest was found with eggs > today. First of the season for that species, but > we know there must be MANY more! > > I hope you folks find this interesting. Maybe > someone (Bob?) even finds it usefull. > > I am off to the Shawangunks of New York for a > week as visiting naturalist next week, so I look > forward to hearing about what I missed when I get > back! Maybe I'll be lucky with Spruce Grouse or > 3-Toed Woodpecker or Boreal Chickadee. Wish me > luck. > > 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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================