Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:26:26 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tyler Bell Subject: Kirtland's Warbler increasing (not MD related) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Good news! Not directly involved in Maryland birds but as their population= =20 increases, so do the chances of seeing this rare species during = migration=20 somewhere in MD. GREENLines, Monday August 11 2003, Issue 1925 KIRTLAND'S WARBLER INCREASING: The Michigan DNR's annual=20 summer census of Kirtland's warbler has found 1,202 singing males, up=20 from 1,050 last year, indicating that the small bird, one of the most = endangered=20 species in North America, is making a comeback says milive.com, AP=20 8/2. The birds, which winter in the Bahamas, nest only in 5-20 year- old jack pine forests in northern Michigan, and parts of Wisconsin and=20 Ontario. Fire suppression had reduced the number of young trees the=20 bird's needed to successfully breed and counts in 1974 and 1987 showed=20 only 167 males. Tyler Bell bell@acnatsci.org California, Maryland Wave that flag...wave it wide and high! Grateful Dead, U.S. Blues =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 =========================================================================