Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:07:50 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Danny Poet Subject: Altlas safe dates Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed George and others i asked my county compiler that question about nesting birds before safe dates he said as long as they where confmired who can dispute a nest with eggs .i agree birds nest earlier than the safe dates. Maybe someone can verse us on this . How about WalterE. the state compiler for the atlas ? As and aside several years ago i found a killdeer nest with a full clutch on march 16th. Sorry do not recall how many eggs it contained. however they hatched but two of the young birds were killed on the road as the nest was near a busy road. Good Birding Danny Poet Queenstown Md dannypoet@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================