If I could find an institution that would take the birdkills I'd save them,
but I don't keep them.  It was larger than a warbler, all yellow, and had a
large beak.  Didn't write down the color of the legs.   I've been doing this
casually for a year now, and I'm not a bird expert so in some cases my ID's
may not be an extraordinary find but instead a ID mistake on my part!

The Bobwhite matched the description in Sibley Guide, I didn't save that one
either.  The carcass was downtown for 2 days, first day it was whole and by
the 2nd day something had gotten to it (could have been peregrine falcons,
or seagulls).

In the spring I found 6 American Woodcocks, sadly 4/6 dead, but at least one
of them made it after treatment for a concussion by a local rehabber.  The
ovenbird found this a.m. had a concussion and hopefully will make it, it's
also w/a rehabber.  2 ovenbirds from

Do you still work downtown?  I'd be interested to find others downtown who
are recording what they see, or attempting to help rescue injured birds.

There is an organized network of rescuers in Toronto, if you are interested
in reading up:

http://www.flap.org/

They even had a sort of rescue-a-thon for the past 2 weeks to raise money
for the organization.

Anybody else out there finding birds in Balto?

Wendy Olsson





-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Bob Ringler
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 5:39 PM
To: 
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Downtown Balto sightings, behavior question

Wendy,
   I collected window kills at the State Center on Preston Street for many
years.  Common Yellowthroat was one of the more common dead birds that I
found.  To the best of my knowledge they do not migrate in pairs.  The other
most common window kills were Ovenbird in September and White-throated
Sparrow in October.  I believe the lights have little to do with the bird
collisions.  Songbirds are seeking shelter in the morning after flying all
night and large plate glass windows look like a sheltered place to rest.  I
actually watched this happen one morning when an Ovenbird flew across in
front of me and hit a window.  It was dead within seconds.  It was not
flying fast but the skull is so thin that a fatal concussion is the usual
outcome.
   By the way, could you give us some more details about the Summer Tanager?
That would be an extraordinary find in Baltimore.  And the Bobwhite.  How
did that get there?


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> Date: 2004/10/18 Mon PM 05:41:35 EDT
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD