Re: Dickcissels at LillyPons Rd.

Marcia Watson-Whitmyre (mww@UDel.Edu)
Tue, 02 Jun 1998 16:14:36 -0400 

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Can anyone tell me if I would have any luck finding dickcissels in the afternoon -
do they sing all day?  I wouldn't be able to get to the Lilypons area before about
2 or 3 pm.

Marcia Watson-Whitmyre
Cecil County

ClodvigII@aol.com wrote:

> 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.
>
> >From the bridge over the Monocaccy heard and saw lots of good stuf.  Baltimore
> and Orchard Orioles, Great-crested Flycatcher, Green Heron, Warbling Vireo and
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
>
> Lou Nielsen
> Reisterstown, MD
> clodvigii@aol.com



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