Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 08:38:57 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Atlasing Still Good MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was out for the morning Saturday atlasing in my two blocks in the = Lineboro quad. Lots of young are out of the nest and still dependent. = Great time to get lots of confirmations for your atlas block. Singing birds included 1 Louisiana Waterthrush (heard only), Acadian = Flycatcher, Indigo Buntings, Cardinal, Song, Chipping, Grasshopper and = Field Sparrows, Carolina and House Wrens, Red-eyed and White-eyed = Vireos, and several Scarlet Tanagers ( the one I saw was still in = breeding plumage with just a trace of the beginning of molt). Carrying food for Young: Catbird, Veery, Cardinal, Pewee, Red-eyed = Vireo =20 Fledged Young: American Crow, Yellow-throated Vireo, Catbird, = Cardinal, Red-tailed Hawk, Acadian Flycatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, = Wood Thrush, Barn Swallow, Hummingbird, and Goldfinch (now that the = young are starting to come out this is the best time to confirm = Goldfinch). Nest with Young: House Sparrow Seems to be a lot of late nesting this year. The two Black-and-white Warblers I saw may have been migrants. = Though many of the neo-tropical migrants have departed there are still a = lot of confirms to be had out there. Good atlasing! Bob Ringler Eldersburg, Md ringler@qis.net =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================