Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 21:08:57 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "D.H. Michael Bowen" Subject: Re: Dickcissels in Caroline County, July 2 In-Reply-To: <001f01c340f7$3ba56260$3663a3d1@oemcomputer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Bob Ringler was absolutely right to question the Savannah Sparrow "sightings" I reported from East Cherry Lane in Caroline County on July 2! Looking at my semi-legible notes, it's abundantly clear that the birds I heard (but did not see) were in fact Grasshopper Sparrows singing their longer, more extended song. Apologies to those who may have gotten excited by the report (especially to Walter Ellison, in whose atlas block the purported record occurred). Mike Bowen Bethesda MD At 08:08 PM 7/2/03 -0400, you wrote: >Mike, > Could you be more specific about where you found the Savannah >Sparrows? That is an extraordinary record. The only confirmed breeding >record for the Eastern Shore was in 1941. > >Bob Ringler > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Michael Bowen >To: >Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:03 PM >Subject: [MDOSPREY] Dickcissels in Caroline County, July 2 > > > > En route from Bethesda to the beach this morning we detoured north > > of Denton into the area described by Walter Ellison in his post > > yesterday. This is a few miles northwest of Greensboro, on E. > > Cherry Lane just west of its intersection with Cedar Lane. DeLorme > > page 51, B-4. > > > > We had two singing Dickcissels in the same field Walter did. Both > > were singing from perches so low we could not see them, but we could > > hear them fine. Also along E. Cherry Lane west to its intersection > > with River Rd., we had at least 4 singing Grasshopper Sparrows, 2 > > singing Savannah Sparrows > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= D.H. Michael Bowen, Ph.D. Consulting Services for Technical and Professional Societies 8609 Ewing Drive Bethesda, MD 20817-3845 Tel./Fax: (301) 530-5764 e-mail: dhmbowen@yahoo.com web: http://www.consultants-consortium.com/DHMichaelBowen.html ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================