Date:         Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:30:56 -0500
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From:         Robert Ringler <ringler@QIS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Howard County 2/20
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Hans,
    Concerning the "flicker carrying nesting material".  To the best of my
knowledge flickers are not known to add material to a nest site.  They do
excavate holes and may carry wood chips away from the site.  This may have
been the case for a roost site.  Nest site selection occurs after mating and
even in this mild winter it is probably a little early in the season.  The
earliest Maryland egg date is April 12.
    Concerning the tick. I found a Deer Tick crawling on me on Feb. 10 after
an excursion at Morgan Run NEA.  This is the first Deer Tick I have ever
found in Carroll County.  I suspect the mild, dry weather has something to
do with this early emergence in the Piedmont.

Bob Ringler

----- Original Message -----
From: Hans Holbrook <HansHolbrook@MSN.COM>
To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:11 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Howard County 2/20


> I took a drive around Howard County today and dropped in on a few spots
Here are the results
>
> Meadowbrook:
> 2 Red-tailed hawks
> 2 Red-shouldered Hawks
> 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
> 2 Fox Sparrows
> 1 Flicker carrying nesting matterial
>
> Centennial:
> 1 Pied-billed Grebe
> 60-70 Ring-necked Ducks
>
> Triadelphia:
> 150+ Common Mergansers
> 2 Black Duck
> 2 Killdeer
> 1 G. Black-backed Gull
> 2 Red-tailed Hawk
> 5 Bald Eagles
>
> Middle Patuxent E. A.:
> 1 Red-headed Woodpecker
> 2 Fox Sparrow
> 6 Golden-crowned Kinglets
> 4 Brown Creeper
> 1 Hairy Woodpecker
>
> BEWARE!!!  I PICKED UP MY FIRST TICK OF THE SEASON.  WITH THE MILD WINTER
THEY WILL PROBABLY BE INFORCE, AND YES, IT WAS THE RIGHT SIZE FOR A DEER
TICK.
>
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