Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 23:52:40 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Chukars in Maryland [was: Re: [MDOSPREY] Talbot County Birds] In-Reply-To: <83.18c6b640.29db7334@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 03:48 PM 04/02/2002 -0500, Ralph Wall wrote: > > And a single Chukar seems to think it has found safe refuge at > Pickering > > Creek, so has stayed around their buildings for the past few days. So tame > > that it is obviously a pen-raised bird. > >Your report begs the question: Were Chukars ever released as game birds in >Md. or elsewhere in the eastern US? Ralph, et al. - FYI ... I posted the message about Chukars, below, last summer. I don't know about an "official" (government) releases, but there is plenty of commercial releasing going on ... ... don't know if all the links are still good ... Hope this helps ... Phil >Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 01:13:52 -0400 >To: Maryland Birds & Birding >From: Phil Davis >Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] status of Chukar in Maryland ? > >Harvey - > >The question motivated me to invest a little time surfing the net for >"chukar(s)" in "Maryland(MD)". Here's what I found: > > > General info on captive-raised Chukars: > > http://www.vvpheasants.com/partridge.html > > > Info about Chukars in Kennedyville (Kent County), MD: > > http://www.goosevalley.com/ > > http://www.hopkinshunting-clays.com/leadpage.htm > > Info on Chukars in Felton, PA ("on the Mason-Dixon line" per > their advertising ... but Mapblast says Felton is more like 10 miles > north of the MD line where Baltimore and Harford Counties meet (?)): > > http://www.gentryfarms.com/ > > Info on Chukars in Millington (Queen Anne's County), MD: > > http://www.schradershunting.com/index.html (take the > "shooting preserve" link) > > Info on Chukars in Queenstown (Queen Anne's County), MD: > > http://www.pintailpoint.com/ (take the "hunting" link) > > A listing of various of shooting preserves in Maryland ... > several "feature" Chukars: > > >http://fieldandstream.com/blacks/destinations/hunt/maryland.html > > Guides, Outfitters & Preserves - Maryland - Chukar: > > http://www.millcomm.com/~outdoor/cat3/c3_1707.htm > > Info on Chukars in Easton (Talbot County), MD: > > Native Shore Hunting Preserve > (410) 758-2428 > 800 Grange Hall Road > Centreville, MD 21617 > Mailing Address: > 10644 Cordova Road > Easton, MD 21601 > > Guided license release game hunts: Mallard, > pheasant, quail, chukar and hungarian partridge. Only 20 minutes from Bay > Bridge on scenic farmland. > > Report of a Chukar in Rockville from the Voice of the Naturalist, > April 1999: > > >http://www.birdware.com/lists/rba/_us/dc/areawide/B0001132520.MSG.htm > >Phil > >At 11:31 AM 07/12/2000 -0400, Harvey Mudd wrote: >>The Maryland/DC Records Committee has received a report of a sighting of a >>Chukar on March 24, 2000 at Chesapeake Center, near Port Deposit, Cecil >>County. I agreed with the submitter that this might provide an opportunity >>to get some more information as to the status of Chukar in Maryland. Are >>these birds being released in any organized way? Are they kept in private >>collections with the possibility of escape? How often are they being seen >>currently? ================================== Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com ================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================