Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 17:38:54 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Elliot Kirschbaum Subject: Re: Status of Western Kingbird, 5/21 In-Reply-To: <37.27c806bd.2a1c2aa8@aol.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 5/21/02 6:56 PM, Bob Mumford at Gyrfal@AOL.COM wrote: > Then I encountered Jim Peters, who is known to most birders in the Baltimore > area, I believe. I spent the next couple of delightful hours with Jim, being > shown his handiwork in turning what was a waste area into a productive > natural spot. He advised that he saw his 190th species this AM in that tiny > island of green, all in the last 33 months. He also advised that the Western > was present this AM, as it has been for the last twelve days. It hangs out > in the sycamore trees on the right as you enter, paralleling a paved path and > close to the water. It also perches and forages regularly on/from the split > rail fence between the sycamores and the fort. > > Jim is a retired schoolteacher and a volunteer, who has constructed a nature > trail, built steps, an automated weather station, an automated tide and water > quality monitoring station, and installed numerous bird houses and feeding > stations. He bands there weekly. He is a classic example of what one > dedicated person can do for the environment...and a very pleasant person to > boot! Yes Jim has done a remarkable job in an area that I, mistakenly, would not have thought capable of being so productive. By the way, what was species 190? Elliot Kirschbaum Baltimore, MD USA mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================