Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 20:13:53 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Re: Little Bennett Sunday AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Toni & Bob Early date on Ruby-crowned Kinglet is August 17 according to the 96 version of the Yellowbook. October/November are peak for migration. Perhaps the wet weather has caused them to migrate early this year. What else might leave sooner than normal. They more often sing in the spring. An amazing song for such a small bird. Good find. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toni & Bob Hartman" To: Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 6:51 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Little Bennett Sunday AM > Hi All - I was amazed to see several Ruby-crowned Kinglets at LB this > morning. One of them was singing - I have never heard that in MD! > Isn't this very early? I have never seen one at LB before October. > > Some nice warblers also: > > 6 Chestnut-sided (all young) > 5 Black-and-White > 4 A. Redstart (incl. 2 adult males) > 1 Worm-eating > 1 Ovenbird > 1 Mourning (adult male) > 1 C. Yellowthroat (young) > 1 Canada (incl. 1 adult male) > > > Still a few gnatcatchers and one White-eyed vireo around, and quite a > few Red-eyed Vireos. No Prairie Warblers or Field Sparrows > seen/heard. > > Good Birding, > Bob Hartman > Colesville,MD > > ====================================================================== > = > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================