Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 14:09:37 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Re: Catbird Question In-Reply-To: <55b3d955ac3a.55ac3a55b3d9@icomcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm in Columbia also but it looks like I have the same four fighting over my balcony as last year. Actually only one that I think I recognize and that's the one that last year took me 3 days to hand-feed. This year it was five minutes. The bird's behavior sort of stands out. I have heard lots of Blackpolls for the past week but only sporadic calling today. Just what I hear and see from my balcony and to and from the car. Yellow rumps, and I think both Black-throated types plus a few I couldn't identify as usual. I attended the Catbird Convention at Assateague during the last week in April - I don't know how long it goes on. Last one I encountered there was early October 2001. At least two catbirds per bayberry bush. Both times I encountered one particularly fat and fearlessly friendly bird. Although my impression is that most migrants are bolder than normal (even the Brown Thrashers were strolling around in the open), and catbirds tend to be human-friendly, these were "camp birds" to be sure. The friendly Assateague c-birds were the dominant individuals there, but the one at my balcony is not. Keeps from being chased by hanging around me. I sometimes think I'm seeing more overall, but I've only been starting to pay attention for a couple of years - mostly since subscribing to this list, so I'm not sure if there are more c-birds or I'm just more aware of them. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com ** Mid Atlantic Air Museum WWII Weekend Airshow June 6-8 2003 - www.maam.org/maamwwii.html ** *** World Airshow News - www.worldairshownews.com ** --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On > Behalf Of John McKitterick > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 12:57 PM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Catbird Question > > > I too have noticed many many catbirds. But I think they are just passing > through en masse. Two days ago, there were something like twenty > catbirds in an area not much bigger than a football field near my house > in Columbia. I wouldn't expect to see more than a pair in that sized > area during breeding. Yesterday, their numbers were down, but they were > replaced by indigo buntings, again upwards of twenty in that small area. > And today the indigo buntings will be replaced by rain... > > John McKitterick > Allview Estates > Columbia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Beal > Date: Thursday, May 15, 2003 12:11 pm > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Catbird Question > > > Seems like I see more and more Catbirds every year. I must have > > seen dozens > > yesterday, at every stop. Does anybody else notice this? Any > > census/countdata to support this? > > > > Tom Beal > > Glenn Dale, MD > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================