Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:43:48 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: Re: Lincoln Monument birds, 7/21 In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit We did see two different B/W Warbler females collecting nesting material in Rock Creek Park DC this spring -- one collecting at the edge of Military Field and flying off into the woods, and another collecting in the Maintenance Yard and likewise, going off into the woods. So B/W Warblers could very well be breeding in DC and that could well be a post-breeding local male. Gail Mackiernan Silver Spring, MD on 07/21/2003 1:34 PM, JAMES FELLEY at FelleyJ@OIT.SI.EDU wrote: > During today's hot, humid lunchtime walk, there were actually birds in > evidence (I know why I was out - why were they?) > > Black-and-white Warbler (1 male - perhaps a post-breeding disperser > from somewhere nearby? I haven't seen on on the Mall since early > spring) > > Jim > > Jim Felley > Smithsonian Institution > felleyj@si.edu > > ====================================================================== > = > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================