[MDOsprey] Monk Parakeet in Howard County

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Tonight, 9/17/99 at about 6:20 PM on the way home from work traveling North
on Rt 95 at a snail's pace I observed a Monk Parakeet foraging in the median
strip just inside the Howard County line.  The bird was moving south between
the rest stop and the dam for Howard T. Duckett's Reservior.

Since tomorrow is the Howard County Bird Club's fall count, it would be
worth looking for the bird tomorrow, for the person assigned to that area.
There is a possibility the bird could be found in the trees at the base of
the dam (this area will be open for access ONLY to the person doing the
count).   I suppose looking at the rest stop off RT 95 might also be worth a
try.

I'm not sure if this is an escaped bird, or a displaced bird, or a displaced
escaped bird ?  I've never seen one before in Maryland, though I know there
is a colony in Delaware.

Good Birding,

Darius Ecker (dariuse@abs.net)

Columbia, Maryland USA

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