Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:32:31 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Charlie Subject: Re: Golden and Blue-winged Warblers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi again, I can agree with Jim RE the Golden-wingeds at the Green Ridge SF Orchard. Missed them 2 of the last 3 times, after going 6/6. This weekend another tech found a family group that looked about a week or so out of nest. No vocalizations from adults, and not much from the lone fledgling. Charlie --- Jim Stasz wrote: > Hi Folks! > > This is a terrible time of the year to try to > get either Blue-winged or > Golden-winged Warbler. Both should have young > by now. From doing Breeding > Bird Atlas I learned that Blue-wings become > silent by early July. The adults > may be actively feeding fledged young or have > begun molt before Fall > migration. > > On June 16 and 17 Marshall Ilfiff, Matt Hafner > and I birded Garrett County. > We had a difficult time finding Golden-wing at > know breeding sites. The few > we found came into imitation of Screech Owl. On > July 1 we missed Golden-wing > entirely. > > Many Neotropical Migrants are well into or have > completed nesting. Now is > when they go through a complete molt and are > more vulnerable to predation > because of impaired flight. In a few weeks the > first southbound warblers > will be passing through. > > Good Birding! > > Jim > > Jim Stasz > North Beach MD > jlstasz@aol.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!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================