Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 01:13:52 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Re: status of Chukar in Maryland ? In-Reply-To: <200007121517.LAA29239@codon.nih.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Harvey - The question motivated me to invest a little time surfing the net for "chukar(s)" in "Maryland(MD)". Here's what I found: General info on captive-raised Chukars: http://www.vvpheasants.com/partridge.html Info about Chukars in Kennedyville (Kent County), MD: http://www.goosevalley.com/ http://www.hopkinshunting-clays.com/leadpage.htm Info on Chukars in Felton, PA ("on the Mason-Dixon line" per the= ir advertising ... but Mapblast says Felton is more like 10 miles north of t= he MD line where Baltimore and Harford Counties meet (?)): http://www.gentryfarms.com/ Info on Chukars in Millington (Queen Anne's County), MD: http://www.schradershunting.com/index.html (take the "shooting preserve" link) Info on Chukars in Queenstown (Queen Anne's County), MD: http://www.pintailpoint.com/ (take the "hunting" link) A listing of various of shooting preserves in Maryland ... sever= al "feature" Chukars: http://fieldandstream.com/blacks/destinations/hunt/maryl= and.html Guides, Outfitters & Preserves - Maryland - Chukar: http://www.millcomm.com/~outdoor/cat3/c3_1707.htm Info on Chukars in Easton (Talbot County), MD: Native Shore Hunting Preserve (410) 758-2428 800 Grange Hall Road Centreville, MD 21617 Mailing Address: 10644 Cordova Road Easton, MD 21601 Guided license release game hunts: Mallard, pheasant, quail, chukar and hungarian partridge. Only 20 minutes from Bay Bridge on scenic farmland. Report of a Chukar in Rockville from the Voice of the Naturalist= , April 1999: http://www.birdware.com/lists/rba/_us/dc/areawide/B00011= 32520.MSG.htm Phil At 11:31 AM 07/12/2000 -0400, you wrote: >The Maryland/DC Records Committee has received a report of a sighting of= a >Chukar on March 24, 2000 at Chesapeake Center, near Port Deposit, Cecil >County. I agreed with the submitter that this might provide an opportun= ity >to get some more information as to the status of Chukar in Maryland. Ar= e >these birds being released in any organized way? Are they kept in priva= te >collections with the possibility of escape? How often are they being se= en >currently? > >Any information will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. =================================== Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com =================================== ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================