can you tell us more about " relictual populations of Regal Fritillaries "

                thanks,


                        Taylor McLean
                        410-377-2153
                        

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sam Droege" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 4:10 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Henslow's Sparrows Breeding Locations / Regal Fritillary


> All:
>
> Jason Weintraub from the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences is interested in
> finding relictual populations of Regal Fritillaries and he wants to
> use......Henslow's Sparrows to do so.
>
> It turns out that the best predictor of Regal Fritillary presence is the
> precence of breeding Henslow's Sparrows.  So, if any of  you have records
> of localities in Western Maryland, West Virginia, or Pennsylvania of
> breeding Henslow's he would like to know so that he can look for
> Fritillaries at the same spots.
>
> You can contact him directly at:
>
> 
>
> Thanks
>
> sam
>
>
> Sam Droege  
> w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5624
> USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
> BARC-EAST, BLDG 308, RM 124 10300 Balt. Ave., Beltsville, MD  20705
> Http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov
>
> Butterfly
>
> Down the air
>     He falls sun-lazy
> Debonair
>     Upon a daisy;
>
> Now he drifts
>     To fall between
> Snowy rifts
>     Of scented bean;
>
> And where petals
>     Lift in flight,
> There he settles
>     Hid from sight.
>
>      -- S. Thomas Ansell