Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 13:13:00 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jack and Julie Saba Subject: Atlas questions In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Q1: Several weeks ago I found a singing Prairie Warbler just to one side of the quarter-block line in my atlas block. Two weeks later, I found a singing Prairie Warbler just to the other side of the line, perhaps 100-150 feet away. I'm assuming this was the same bird, since it's the only one I found on either trip. But...in which quarter-block should I record it? The question is clearly relevant for birds found stradling a block boundary. The breeding territory apparently extends into both QBs, and I think it should be recorded for both, but there is some question about this, since only one bird was found. Q2: On July 16 at Lake Artemesia, I found one female Baltimore Oriole accompanied by an immature male with mottled orange/yellow chest. No other BAOR were apparent in the area. There has been at least one singing male around most of the summer, but I have not seen or heard as many as in previous years. The immature was not begging or being fed, but it was following the female closely. I'm inclined to count this as confirmed for the block, but am wondering how likely it is that the birds wandered in from a nearby block. Do BAORs wander after fledging, or do they stay on territory 'til they begin migration? Jack Saba -- J. L. Saba Prince Georges County, Md jlsaba@capu.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================