Re: Salisbury Area Birding
MHoff36100@aol.com
Sat, 31 Oct 1998 07:34:09 EST
Fran --
I know you said you were only going as far east as Salisbury, but ....
Late October is an excellent time for Sedge Wren in coastal Worcester. Places
to check (on the bayside) is Truitt's Landing Road, while on Assateague, the
marsh on the west side of the main road, west of the state park area, is good,
as is the marsh north of the paved road to the canoe launching site in the
National Seashore area. They tend to like the taller needle-rush or areas of
spartina with a scattering of dead bayberry. Often you hear them first. During
migration they also sometimes show up in the weed broomsedge fields around the
Bayside Campground. Farther south on the Island (in the ORV Zone) there area
some large wet sedge meadows (where the old road use to be), we're I seen up
to 10 in a day this time of year.
Also Irish Grove/Rumbly Point is good for this species as well.
Good luck,
Mark Hoffman
Mhoff36100@aol.com
In a message dated 10/29/98 7:10:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, saunderf@ARI.Net
writes:
> We will be hitting sites enroute to and around Salisbury for
> part of the weekend, including Deal and Elliott Islands. Are
> there other reliable spots for Sedge Wren at this time of the
> year???
>
> Thanks all....
>
>
> Fran Saunders
> Silver Spring, Maryland
> saunderf@ari.net