Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:42:23 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Ho Co (Atlas training trip) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jerry, The birds that set up territories and nested early in the season have definitely slowed down their singing frequency. On the other hand more birds have come in and are in the early stages of nesting and are more vocal. This afternoon in my Union Bridge block I found three singing Orchard Orioles in new locations, also a Savannah Sparrow that had not been there in the past. Other highlights included a family group of four Kestrels and a flock of ten Killdeer, the latter in a flooded field and probably representing post-breeding dispersal, which is why the late safe date is coming up in a few days. Also saw another Red-headed Woodpecker today, but that is not unusual. In some of these blocks with very little forest Red-headed may be the commonest woodpecker. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald & Laura Tarbell To: Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Ho Co (Atlas training trip) > There was very little singing though. Maybe the brisk north winds got the > birds thinking about migrating south for fall. It sure had me thinking of > October! > I've noticed that a lot of birds seem to be going into their silent > post-breeding thing. I just remarked this afternoon that I don't think I've > heard our local orioles for several days now. Makes atlasing tough. Anybody > else getting the same thing? > Jerry ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================