Folks
American Tree Sparrows can usually be found in the Allen's Fresh area,
Charles county in the winter. This is way down the coastal plane. I have
not be able to check it out in January, but did not find them in December
when I checked.
George
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Mozurkewich" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] American Tree Sparrows; Montgomery County Mid-Winter
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> On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 02:46, Frank Boyle wrote:
>
>> I've noticed the conspicuous absence of any sightings on the list of Tree
>> sparrows - we've had them here in Rohrersville for about two weeks now.
>> We
>> also have regular White Crowned sparrows here that seem absent elsewhere.
>>
>> Is it just me or do we have them here because of our proximity to the
>> mountains?
>
> Frank,
>
> Although neither is common here, I have see American Tree and
> White-Crowned Sparrows all over Prince George's county, well away from
> the mountains. The mountains are not the key, you just have a patch of
> habitat that meets their requirements.
>
> I USED TO THINK that where they are not common, the occurrence of both
> species was well correlated with multi-flora rose. That is wrong, or at
> least that's not the case here; for the last couple of years my Tree
> Sparrows have been in shrubs along the edges of sparrow-laden fields but
> the majority of habitat that matches that description lacks the
> sparrows; there is something about their preferences I don't
> understand. Can anyone enlighten me?
>
> Dave
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> David Mozurkewich
> Seabrook, PG, MD
> mozurk (at) bell Atlantic. net
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