Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 16:45:01 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Steve Huy Subject: Lost birds & Bobwhite quail Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Barbary falcon and a Cockatiel loose in the same general area - I sense trouble! I have been hearing Bobwhite quail calling in my area these past two weeks. My best guess is two birds heard, although it may be one moving quickly. There was a good covey when we moved in a few years ago, but they disappeared last year. Perhaps a link to the farm's switch to no-till farming or perhaps just the large number of foxes. (it is rumored in the neighborhood that a large "rehab" organization in Montgomery county is releasing foxes on a nearby farm under questionable circumstances) I hope to see the birds return to the numbers we had when we moved in - I enjoyed waking to their calls outside my windows. Sumantown Road @ Carroll Boyer Road Steve Huy Middletown, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================