Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:03:35 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Scott Crabtree Subject: Parids? was Re: [MDOSPREY] Late Post: Wash. Co. Fox Sparrow on 11/12-14/03 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What's the new term for parids? Poecilids? Poecileds? Poecileids? Scott Crabtree Chester, MD crabtree@myshorelink.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Klimkiewicz To: Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Late Post: Wash. Co. Fox Sparrow on 11/12-14/03 > With so many reports of Purple Finches, I thought I would remind all that > brown-plumaged Purple Finches and a mixture of females, both young and old, > and young males. Males do not get the 'purple' until the end of the first > breeding season and are identical to females until then. So one cannot call > the brown birds females. > > It sure is nice to have a finch invasion. Haven't had any Purple Finches or > Pine Siskins at my feeders yet. Have plenty of goldfinches and parids. I > too have noticed that my House Finches have disappeared and as yet have not > been replaced by wintering birds. It is not uncommon for the local House > Finches to wander and even move south in the fall but in the past I have > always had some House Finches at the feeders,. > > Cheers, > Kathy > > Kathy Klimkiewicz, Biologist > USGS Patuxent WRC BBL > 12100 Beech Forest RD STE 4037 > Laurel MD 20708-4037 > 301-497-5795 work > Fax 301-497-5717 > Kathy_Klimkiewicz@usgs.gov > www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl > > > > > Adam Smith > .COM> cc: > Sent by: Maryland Subject: [MDOSPREY] Late Post: Wash. Co. Fox Sparrow on > Birds & Birding 11/12-14/03 > .LSOFT.COM> > > > 11/15/03 06:27 PM > Please respond to > Maryland Birds & > Birding > > > > > > > Sorry this post is late, but do to a certain weather event and a very slow > BG&E Company, I have not had power until tonight. > > I was visiting at my parents property between 11/12-14/03 at Hancock in > Washington Co. MD. The following were noted: > > 100+ Cedar Waxwing (already devouring the Holly berries) > > 15+ Purple Finch (many more females than males) > > 12+ American Goldfinch (eating Hemlock seeds) > > 2 Eastern Meadowlark > > 6 Wild Turkey > > 1 Fox Sparrow (beautiful rusty-brick red) > > My mom also said that the Chipping & Tree Sparrows were back, but I did not > see any while I was at home. > > No signs of Red-breasted Nuthatch, Pine Siskin or Grosbeak. Also, no sign > yet or the partial albino White-throated sparrow that has returned for > several years to their home. > > Adam Smith > cyanbluecobalt@msn.com > Arubuts > Baltimore Co. 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 > ======================================================================= > > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================