Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:02:18 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Mary Huebner Subject: Re: Late breeding? In-Reply-To: <001b01c37b7a$1f7fc680$0e63a3d1@oemcomputer> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > This past weekend I spotted a fledgling Towhee being fed by it's > parents, in Little Orleans. Mary Huebner Little Orleans Lodge 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 > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================