Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 09:59:56 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kathy Klimkiewicz Subject: Re: Sharp-shinned Hawks Nesting at Soldier's Delight. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sam -- There was a nest in Montgomery County (Poolesville area) during the original county Atlas in the 70s. You might get Woody Martin to check the nest for you. Cheers, Kathy Sam Droege cc: Sent by: Maryland Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Sharp-shinned Hawks Birds & Birding Nesting at Soldier's Delight. 05/10/01 09:29 AM Please respond to Maryland Birds & Birding Bob: I will be going back there on Monday so will check and report back. sam Sam Droege FROG@USGS.GOV w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5784 USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 12100 Beech Forest, Laurel, Md 20708-4038 Http://www.mp1-pwrc.usgs.gov And, in the isolation of the sky, At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make Ambiguous undulations as they sink, Downward to darkness, on extended wings. --Wallace Stevens, from "Sunday Morning" Robert Ringler To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Sent by: Maryland cc: Birds & Birding Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Sharp-shinned Hawks Nesting at 05/10/01 07:11 AM Please respond to Maryland Birds & Birding Sam, We have suspected Sharp-shins of nesting at lower elevations for some time but have been unable to get any hard evidence. There are summer sightings every year but no follow up reports. I hope someone can check out the Soldiers Delight site. Several people visit there regularly and may be able to help. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Sam Droege To: Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:09 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Sharp-shinned Hawks Nesting at Soldier's Delight. > Hi Folks: > > This past weekend (May 4-6) I was camping on private property in the > Soldier's Delight area. Almost immediately I heard a Sharpy calling from a > dense Virginia Pine stand (most trees around 20 feet tall). Over the next > 3 days I heard a Sharpy calling repeatedly from that stand. I sighted the > male a number of times, but saw the female flash by only once. I located > what I strongly suspect is the nest, but didn't climb it for fear of > causing the nest to be abandoned. The nest was about 15 feet up a pine > located near the trunk of the tree. From the ground it appeared to be > mostly twigs and had a diameter of roughly 14 inches or so. The birds low > flights always lead to this same area and it was in this same area that > heard the male consistently calling. I actually never saw a bird sitting > or flushed from the suspect nest, but I only checked it once. I found a > Sharpy nest in southern Ohio in the past in very similar circumstances and > have found a number of Cooper's nests or nest sites including one that for > the past 2 years has nested in my back yard. The calls were distinctly > different with the Coop's always being a deep kak-kak-kak and the Sharpy > being a wimpy and soft ki-ki-ki a bit reminiscent of a Kestrel call. > > In consulting the Atlas it looks like there hasn't been a Sharpy nest > record east of the Allegheny County in a long while, so I thought I would > write this one up and sent it out. > > I also noted that I a Chuck calling on the night of the 4th in the same > area. > > Comments on the status of Sharpies in Maryland would be welcome. > > sam > > > Sam Droege FROG@USGS.GOV > w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5784 > USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center > 12100 Beech Forest, Laurel, Md 20708-4038 > Http://www.mp1-pwrc.usgs.gov > > The Hawk > > Call down the hawk from the air; > Let him be hooded or caged > Till the yellow eye has grown mild, > For larder and spit are bare, > The old cook enraged, > The scullion gone wild. > > I will not be clapped in a hood, > Nor a cage, nor alight upon wrist, > Now I have learnt to be proud > Hovering over the wood > In the broken mist > Or tumbling cloud. > > What tumbling cloud did you cleave, > Yellow-eyed hawk of the mind, > Last evening? That I, who had sat > Dumbfounded before a knave, > Should give to my friend > A pretence of wit. > -Yeats > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= ======================================================================= 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================