Re[2]: Local Birds

Kathy Klimkiewicz (Kathy_Klimkiewicz@usgs.gov)
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:12:46 -0600 

     North tract is open to the public within the times they specify. The 
     Central Tract is the area many folks think about when you mention 
     Patuxent. The gate is at the junction of MD 197 and Powder Mill Road. 
     Special arrangements are made for birding trips if someone is willing 
     to lead a group and coordinates with the appropriate folks here at the 
     Center. Endangered Species is on Central Tract but is not open to the 
     general public.
     
     The paved roads only are open during working hours and the public is 
     not allowed off of the paved roads. 
     
     The Visitor Center is located on Powder Mill Road about 2 miles from 
     the exit on the BW Parkway. There are signs. It is open every day 
     except Christmas from 10 am to 5:30 pm.
     
     Hope this helps.
     
     Cheers,
     Kathy Klimkiewicz
     Laurel MD


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Subject: Re: Local Birds
Author:  mdosprey@ARI.Net at NBS-Internet-Gateway
Date:    6/15/98 5:34 AM


Dear David,
     
I am confused by your statement that you have access to birding spots 
not generally open to the public  in conjunction with your statement 
that you went to the North and Central Tracts of Patuxent.  The North 
Tract is most definitely open to the public.  By Central tract, do you 
mean the area around the research labs?  
     
The only problem with the North Tract is that it isn't officially open 
until something like 7:30 or 8:00 am, although we have been told by the 
guards that you can sometimes persuade them to make special arrangements 
in advance for groups.  
     
Can David or anyone "deconfuse" me?
     
Thanks.
     
Ellen Paul
Chevy Chase, Maryland
epaul@dclink.com
     
     
     
mdosprey@ARI.Net wrote:
> 
> Yet another reason to join the Patuxent chapter of MOS - we get regular
> access to a couple of good birding areas not generally open to the public. 
> Saturday, June 13 was our annual picnic.  It was early afternoon and was
> proceeded by a birding trip through Patuxent Wildlife Research Center,
> both the North and Central Tracks.  The trip total was 80 species despite 
> our late start at 7:30 AM.  Not bad for a site away from the bay this time 
> of year.  Good views were had of most species by all.  Highlights included 
> 
> Least Tern, 1.  This is the bird that is occasionally seen at the wildlife 
> viewing area on the North Track.  A Least Tern was also seen here last
> June.  Saturday, it was at a pond a couple of miles to the south. 
> 
> Bald Eagle, 1 imm.
> 
> Ring-Necked Duck, 1
> 
> Summer Tanager, a pair.  One of the northern-most regular breeding pairs 
> in the state.
> 
> Grasshopper Sparrow, 2 photogenic, singing males in the same large field. 
> Although not locally rare, there are no breeding records at Patuxent in
> about 30 years.  This field has a singing, male Bobolink on June 4, but 
> has not been seen since.
> 
> and a pair of Bluebirds nesting in a natural cavity. 
> 
> But only ten species of warblers.
> 
> Dave
> 
> David Mozurkewich
> Seabrook, MD  USA
> dm@fornax.usno.navy.mil
     
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Ellen Paul           Chevy Chase,MD           mailto:epaul@dclink.com