Date:         Tue, 2 Apr 2002 14:39:04 -0500
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From:         Walter Ellison <rossgull@CROSSLINK.NET>
Subject:      Safe Date Birds and an Atlas web resource
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Hello Everybody,

I took a morning walk in my new local patch NW of Chestertown and got in =
a bit of early atlasing. This put me in mind of the safe dates and I =
decided to post those species that have become "safe" for the Atlas thus =
far.
The list as of 1 April:
Ruffed Grouse
Rock Dove
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker (we all can dream, can't we?)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Common Raven
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow

Coming attractions (other April safe dates):
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4/20
Wood Duck 4/20
Bald Eagle 4/15
Northern Goshawk 4/15
Ring-necked Pheasant 4/15
Wild Turkey 4/15
Northern Bobwhite 4/15
Killdeer 4/20
American Wodcock 4/15
Mourning Dove 4/15
Barn Owl 4/15
Belted Kingfisher 4/10
American Crow 4/20
Horned Lark 4/10
Pine Warbler 4/25
Swainson's Warbler 4/20
Eastern Meadowlark 4/25
Common Grackle 4/15
Boat-tailed Grackle 4/15

I also wanted to share a website that has a goodly number of Arthur =
Cleveland Bent's bird life histories from the old Smithsonian =
publication. These accounts are a little dated but have lots of useful =
material on basic nesting biology and behavior. The url is:=20
http://home.bluemarble.net/~pqn/index.html

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Good Atlasing,

=20

Walter Ellison=20

23460 Clarissa Road

Chestertown, MD 21620

410-778-9568

rossgull@crosslink.net


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