Dickcissels at LillyPons Rd.
ClodvigII@aol.com
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 15:44:08 EDT
Greetings:
Spent from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. (6/2) walking LillyPons Road from just off
Rt 8 east to just over the brow of the hill. From 7:30 to 8:00 watched two
pair of Dickcissels. They spent most of the time on the fences on either side
of the road.
Watched as one pair flew out into and out of the green (alfalfa?) low field on
the south side. Watched as one pair mated. The female, on three different
occasions, was carrying a piece of dry grass about 8 inches long. Looks like
nesting to me. Also heard a fifth singing bird in the dry field near the
intersection with 85, but could not locate it.
Also heard at least two Grasshopper Sparrows and a single Eastern Meadowlark.
and Orchard Orioles, Great-crested Flycatcher, Green Heron, Warbling Vireo and
Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
Lou Nielsen
Reisterstown, MD
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