Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 13:33:57 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Arlene Ripley Subject: Re: Clay-colored Sparrow(s?) In-Reply-To: <3B127CE7.E9BCA36A@attglobal.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 12:29 PM 5/28/01, Bob Hartman wrote: >.................The reason I >mention this is that, at one point when he was on the left >side of the tree, we saw him with another bird of similar >size and coloration. The one NOT singing was too far away >for us to ID it (no scope, @#$%^& it). > >We probably won't get back there, certainly not before next >weekend. But I hope others will be watching for a second >c-c sparrow. Since the singing male has been there for at >least 2 weeks, there's a possibility of a nesting pair. Bob, I made a similar observation and saw another bird of similar size and color that seemed to be following the C-c Sparrow around. In one instance the two birds came close enough for me to identify the other sparrow as a Field Sparrow. I had high hopes it was going to be a mate for the Clay-colored. This doesn't mean it was the same bird you saw, just my observations on 5/24. //////// Arlene Ripley | || Calvert County, MD | 0 || aripley@nestbox.com | || http://www.nestbox.com || ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================