Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:23:23 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Zucker, Paul A." Subject: Re: Atlasing MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Walter and MDOSPREY, Your recent message contained the sentence repeated below. This raises a question that has been bothering me: namely what is the criterion for considering fledged young to be too independent to count as confirmed FL? In particular, I came across a bluebird family group of a pair of adults and three immatures. They hung around the same area and flew about pretty much together. I did not see the young beg for food nor did I see them feed themselves. I did see the adults feed themselves. Are they still considered "dependent young" meriting a FL designation? I strongly doubt that they nested in the next block and were traveling through. Paul Zucker paul.zucker@jhuapl.edu Howard county -----Original Message----- From: Walter Ellison [mailto:rossgull@CROSSLINK.NET] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 1:51 PM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Atlasing in Caroline County Hi All, There are still quite a few fledglings about but many are now too mobile and independent to count as confirmations.... Good Atlasing, Walter Ellison MD/DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS 23460 Clarissa Rd Chestertown, MD 21620-3645 410-778-9568 rossgull@crosslink.net "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast." - E. B. White ======================================================================= 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================