Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 11:11:52 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norm Saunders Subject: Request posting to mdosprey MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A note from Greg Gough regarding Rusty Blackbirds: > As many of you know, the Rusty Blackbird is a bird in serious=20 > trouble, its numbers have been declining and previously=20 favored > breeding areas have been abandoned (see:=20 > http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Feat ured_Birds/default.cfm?bird=3DRusty%20Blackbird). We are looking for study sites to bait in blackbirds to do behavioral studies, in particular we are interested in the Rusty Blackbird. Has anyone been seeing them locally (Washington, DC and surrounding counties?) Does anyone know of reliable areas to see them in the fall? Please respond to Russell Greenberg at greenbergr@nzp.si.edu=20 Thank You! Sincerely, Gregory Gough Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center 202.673.4909 goughg@nzp.si.edu =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 =========================================================================