Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:58:45 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Frederick W. Fallon" Subject: Re: Looking for owls! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Walter Ellison wrote: > > please make those observations available to the atlas.> > > > An additional caveat/clarification about reporting Eastern > Screech-Owls: screech-owls are not in safe dates until the first of > April. Of course if you see an obvious pair, have spontaneous > territorial calling between birds, or any other definite breeding > evidence you don't need to concern yourself with safe dates. However, > lone roosting screech-owls and birds induced to call with tape > recordings do not "count" as atlas birds until after 1 April. > > Good Owling, > > Walter Ellison > MD-DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS > 23460 Clarissa Road > Chestertown, MD 21620 > phone: 410-778-9568 > e-mail: rossgull@crosslink.net Still, please *DO* report Screech Owls to the appropriate County Coordinator (or block captain if you know who that is) even before safe date. The whole purpose is, to tip off the atlasers as to likely spots where breeding birds may very well be found, so the atlaser can figure out how to get there in advance and be ready when safe date does roll around. The same request will come up soon for another easy-to-miss bird - Woodcock. If you come across a display area after March 15, please send a tip to the county coordinator so someone can be ready to check as soon after the Apr 15 safe date as possible, before the window of opportunity closes soon thereafter. Most Ospreyers are not signed up as atlasers, but the broader birding community can still serve as valuable eyes and ears for the Atlas project - this is my hope and belief. Fred Fallon PG County Coordinator, MD Breeding Bird Atlas Bowie fwfallon@earthlink.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================