Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 06:40:43 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Atlasing Carroll Co. 5/12 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It was a great day for atlasing in my block near Finksburg. Lots of = nesting activity with these confirms: Canada Goose - another nest with eggs + downy young in another area Phoebe - active nests under two bridges Kingbird - collecting long strands of nesting material in two places Warbling Vireo - collecting nesting material in three places Blue Jay - working on a nest Cliff Swallow - occupying previous nest colony under Route 91 bridge Carolina Chickadee - using hole in a fence post Gnatcatcher - collecting nesting material from spider web Mockingbird - carrying food Starling - carrying food to nest site in building where I could hear = young Yellow Warbler - collecting nesting material from tent caterpillar web Grackle - carrying food Orchard Oriole - collecting nesting material (2 times) Baltimore Oriole - collecting nesting material (3 times). Seems to be a = great year for them. House Finch - collecting nesting material Bob Ringler Eldersburg, Md ringler@qis.net =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================