Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:44:22 -0400 Reply-To: Gary A Griffith Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gary A Griffith Subject: Re: Peacock in Cecil County MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jim, Several Emu escaped from a fellow just off McKinneytown Rd near the Elk N= eck State Forest about 3 years ago. I still get occasional reports of "Ostriches" from folks on that area, so I suspect there are still a few o= n the loose. Gary A. Griffith 55 Sarah Dr Elkton, MD 21921 USA -----Original Message----- From: Jim Stasz To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Peacock in Cecil County >Hi Folks! > >Peafowl were imported by farmers, especially tobacco farmers, because th= ey >did a good job of removing larger pests. All of the ones I have run acr= oss >in Maryland have been at least semi-domestic an in association with farm= s. >They can successfully raise young in our climate, but I suspect they nee= d a >helping hand to make it through the winter. > >Has anyone else seen "feral" Emus? I found one at Aquas Farm Park in Pri= nce >George's County. > >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 >========================= ================================================ ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================