Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:06:15 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Daniel Edelstein Subject: Yes!/More on Western MD breeders In-Reply-To: <20000614182229.5801.qmail@web1804.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >To Charlie: Yes, please Charlie: Do keep sending reports like this one (below) that updates on the breeding dynamics in Green Ridge. I'm confident that I speak for a lot of other birders who read these communiques: It is fascinating to further follow the lives of these birds and I appreciate your efforts. The eloquence and enthusiasm of your work and prose shines brightly. Thanks so much. Keep 'em coming (birding) pardner. Regards, Daniel > >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 >======================================================================= Daniel Edelstein - Designing and writing nature and science media since 1980 - Specializing in writing informative, engaging articles that empower readers to understand and to take action - Consulting with publishers, museums, parks, design firms and public agencies 14400 Long Channel Circle Germantown, MD 20874-5412 USA (40 miles west of Washington, D.C.) 301.916.1850 (Voice) 301.916.1197 (FAX) http://home.earthlink.net/~edelstein *Do you want to know the date of the next full moon and read about other sky and land seasonal nature "phenology" events? If so, feel free to check out my "spinning" Earth Web site at http://home.earthlink.net/~edelstein ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================