[MDOsprey] Re: ] Red-breasted Nuthatch
aquilla2@juno.com
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:30:52 -0400
Dear Dan,
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:32:06 EDT Wiwr@aol.com writes:
>While doing a BBS route in Allegany Co. Last week, i heard what seemed
>to be
>a distant RBNU at a stop adjacent to the west side of Warrior Mtn.
>WMA.
>After the the 3 minutes was up i put fingers to nose and literally
>"yanked"
>him in. Not exactly where i would have expected a summer RBNU.
Exactly where I would suspect a summer RBNU. The PA breeding bird atlas
records birds in Somerset and Fayette Co.s in Pa and various sites along
the Alleghenny Plateau and Laurel Mountains. Those mountains get higher
when you cross the MD border into Garrett Co. The atlas also states that
it is a much overlooked species of the Pocono Mtns of PA. When doing the
BBS in SW PA, We also recorded Canada warbler and Northern Junco as
Present during the breeding season,in the Alleghenny Plateau. I
personally had RBNU present Throughout the safe period where I lived in
Somerset Co PA during the early 80's. Bob Mullvahill , of the Powdermill
Bird Banding Station, has written several papers on the breeding junco
population of the Laurel Mountains PA. Historically the RBNU was
recorded breeding into the mountains of Tennasee.
Michael Sankovich
>The Autumn migration machine is going in Calv. & AA Co.s
>
>danny bystrak
>Jug Bay
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