Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:11:33 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Late breeding? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Janet, It is not unusual to find juvenile Cardinals at this time of year, sometimes even into October. I still have one or two around my house now. I also have Chipping Sparrows feeding a young bird that looks like it just came out of the nest. Of course, there are still young Goldfinches around too. There was probably some later than normal breeding for some other species because of the cold, wet weather earlier. It was still possible to get Atlas confirmations for some into September as recently fledged young were still around. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet Millenson To: Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 6:17 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Late breeding? > I'm still seeing lots of fledgling Cardinals being fed by their > parents, beyond what I recall as typical for mid-September. I get the > impression there's anecdotal evidence that this year many birds have > nested later than > usual, but it's unclear if this is because (1) their early attempts > failed due to the cool, rainy weather, or (2) the resulting bumper > crops of insects > and plant seeds made conditions favorable for rearing additional > young, or maybe (3) both. Or perhaps 2003 isn't atypical at all, but > now that we're doing the Atlas we pay more attention to young birds! ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================