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Middletown/Burkittsville area bird ID help and banded bird and ECD in FRED CO (no)

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MICHAEL SPEICHER

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MICHAEL SPEICHER

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Sun, 3 Dec 2006 09:08:57 -0800

Seen at 0900 today, Sunday:

Cream colored or yellow breast w/o markings.  Uppers
were dark, w/head seeming darker.  If wingbars were
present they weren't prominent.  Bill seemed average
sized and not heavy.  Tail was twitching & also dark
w/o apparent white at tip or edges.  Size - i always
have trouble with this - it wasn't a large bird,
certainly well under 7 inches...

Behavior other than tail twitching: it would perch in
low bushes surrounding a drainage pond then fly down
out of sight brefly before returning to the same or a
neaby bush, and therefore not necessarily the same
perch every time.  Never saw actual feeding, but i was
not close & had only my 8 x 40 bins.

Location is close to Burkittsville in FRED CO at the
Seventh Day Adventist church near the intersection of
MD 17 and Picnic Woods Road.  The SDA church is
actually on Arnold Rd so don't confuse it with the
nearby protestant church.  Here's a map, assuming
TINYURL.COM has down it's amazing thing:
http://tinyurl.com/yd6ck4

If you are in the area with a spotting scope it might
be worth a look.  I flushed the bird to the line of
trees along MD 17, but didn't pursue it further so it
will, hopefully, come back to the drainage pond.  I'm
available and can offer directions; contact me offlist
& i'll provide my phone #.

Banded bird:
Is anyone aware of banding of Juncos with a single
blue leg band (left leg)?  I think that's what i
obbserved at my feeder about a week ago.

ECD:
I've been looking for the Eurasian Collared Dove at
Stadler's Nursery off US 340 the past several weekends
incl this morning without luck.  I stopped at the
nursery to inquire last SAT (11/25?), but they were
vague about its recent appearances...

Jim Speicher


 
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