Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:18:45 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Re: 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 Hi Scott et al. The name Paridae is derived from the genus Parus which is still the name of the type species for the genus - *Parus major* the Great Tit. All of our native Parids have been hair-split into smaller genera, but the family still refers back to Eurasia's big yellow, green and black tit and its close relatives. Good Birding, Walter Ellison MD-DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS 23460 Clarissa Road Chestertown, MD 21620 phone: 410-778-9568 e-mail: rossgull@crosslink.net "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast" - E. B. White (in "Stuart Little") ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Crabtree" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 3:03 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Parids? was Re: [MDOSPREY] Late Post: Wash. Co. Fox Sparrow on 11/12-14/03 > 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 been replaced by wintering birds.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 > > MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > > .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 > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================