Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 15:18:08 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bill & Helen Subject: Re: White-CROWNED Sparrow at Constitution Gardens MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT There has been a white-crowned sparrow at my bird feeder (or rather, patrolling under the feeder) for the past few days. It is the first one I have recorded in my yard in Ellicott City. Don't know whether they are uncommon here but thought I'd mention it as it seems to have come up a few times in recent emails. I also had a rose breasted grosbeak on the feeder early last Thursday morning but haven't spotted it again. Bill Welsh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Felley" To: Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:13 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] White-CROWNED Sparrow at Constitution Gardens > Yes, it's true. While in the past I have written > 'crowned' when I meant 'throated', this time there > was a brightly plumaged White-crowned Sparrow among > a smattering of other sparrows at Constitution > Gardens near the Vietnam Memorial. Specifically, > the birds were between the Constitution Gardens > rest room and the Vietnam Memorial, and some > (including the White-crowned Sparrow) were bathing > in a puddle on the path. > For subspecies hunters, the bird's bill was yellowish-brown and it > had black on the lores. > Other birds in the scattered flock included a > Savannah Sparrow, White-throated Sparrows, Song > Sparrows, some Chipping Sparroows, House Sparrows, > House Finches and American Goldfinches. > Also at Constitution Gardens were the first Mall > Eastern Kingbird of the year, a few Baltimore > Orioles (also new this year), lots and lots of > Yellow-rumped Warblers (almost one per tree) and > a couple of Yellow Warblers (also new on the Mall). > Jim > > Jim Felley > Smithsonian Institution > irmss668@sivm.si.edu > > ====================================================================== > = > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================