Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 14:40:25 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marty Cribb Subject: Re: Bobwhite in DC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gail and All, I cant add much to the inquiry about Bob White Quail but just a casual observance in my area of St Marys Co.. The population here seems to fluctuate widely from year to year depending on sucess of the Gray and Red Fox #'s. Several years ago all the Red Fox around Point Lookout died from a deadly mange that only affected Red Foxes. It seemed the population of Quail increased dramatically for the next several years. As the population of Red Fox returned to normal levels due to expansion of other populations the #'s decreased once again. Last year a large portion of the local Gray Fox population was wiped out from a Distemper outbreak and it will be interesting to see what the count will be for this years CBC. As far as I know we have not had any stocking of pen reared birds in this area for many years, however the north central part of the county around Hollywood is routinly stocked by a bird dog club. Thanks for sharing your observations. The reference made to Pheasant populations was also interesting as the Baltimore Harbour CBC for years has had good #'s of Pheasants reported from the former landfill area of South Baltimore/Cherry Hill neighborhood. Good Birding, Marty Cribb, Point Lookout, St Marys Co, Md ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Mackiernan" To: Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 12:54 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Bobwhite in DC > The recent messages about Bobwhite and their status/origin in this area brings > me back to a question I posted last week -- to no response. Possibly no one > knows the answer but it certainly would be interesting to know... > > Are the Bobwhite at the National Arboretum, Kenilworth Park and Gardens > (they seem to move around between these sites) of natural origin or not? > If not, where did they come from -- all of these are federal parks so I might > wonder if someone was trying a reintroduction program but if so, it has not > been publicized. They *could* be wild and a remnant population -- a friend > of mine in Roxbury, MA (urban area) still has Pheasant in a park near her that > have been there for decades (though of course originally exotic origin). > There are (or were) California Quail in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, > as well. > > Inquiring minds would like to know... > > Cheers, Gail Mackiernan > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================