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Re: Grasshopper Sparrow nest

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Michel Cavigelli

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Tue, 1 Jun 2004 08:49:47 -0400

Hi Danny,

If the corn is 7 inches tall, it might not yet have been side-dressed with N fertilizer. And, if that is planned, it could kill the nest unless that spot could be avoided for the sake of the nest...

Michel

Michel A. Cavigelli
Research Soil Scientist
Sustainable Agriculture Systems Lab
USDA-ARS, BARC
Bldg 001, Rm 140
10300 Baltimore Ave
Beltsville, MD 20705

(301) 504-8327 phone
(301) 504-8370 fax

>>>  05/30/04 09:42PM >>>
Hi  all I  two requests for more information on the  Grasshopper  Sparrow
Nest .I will not say any more about the location  as this is a research farm
and it is in someones resaerch plot.  Not much else to tell except  that it
is in a No Till   corn  field  has  some clumps of dead vegtation  one of
which  has  the grasshopper sparrow nest  and is next to a row of corn .
Corn plants are  about  7 inches tall.   Nest   most likely made  when
grass was growing  and after corn got planted . will try to keep a check on
this  at a distance  and report back. hope it  is a  successfull nest .This
is only the Second  Grasshopper Sparrow nest I have ever seen . The First
about  5 years ago on the same  farm   differant field  with warm season
grasses  planted in rows  to collect seed from.This   nest found while
mowing  alleys  between rows ,  but nest in row of taller  grass not mowed
off .   I belevie it was  late June  or  July it also had eggs   But latter
check   had newly hatched young    and a check   about 10 days after held a
empty nest. hope this helps              Happy birding   And    atlasing
  Danny  Poet

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