We had a wave of juncos in Patterson Park, Baltimore this morning. I saw about 30 of them, way more than I've seen there for a couple of weeks. Also several Chpping, Song, White-throated, and Swamp Sparrows, 7 Hermit Thrushes, 3 Brown Thrashers, a Palm Warbler, 3 Ruby-crowned kinglets, 5 Barn Swallow, 2 Tree Swallow, 1 N. Rough-winged Swallow.
This afternoon I've seen 16 D-c Cormorants, a Turkey Vulture and a kestrel flying NE along the same flight-path over the Audubon office in Baltimore. I bet there were more but couldn't justify lookin gout of the window all day!
Dave
David Curson, PhD
Director of Bird Conservation,
Audubon MD-DC,
2437 Eastern Avenue,
Baltimore MD 21224
Tel: (410) 558 2473
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-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Frode Jacobsen
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:49 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] junco question
I still have about five juncos lingering in our backyard and my feeder.
They are however all females and yearling males (occasionally singing)
that most likely are delaying their departure until the breeding season
draws closer.
Frode Jacobsen
Baltimore, MD
> According to the Yellow Book, juncos only nest, or
> have nested, in Garrett County. Juncos often linger
> into May but most of them will be gone already or
> soon.
>
> Tyler Bell
>
> California, Maryland
>
>
> --- Patricia Valdata <>
> wrote:
>
>> Do juncos nest in Cecil County? I still have a flock
>> visiting my
>> thistle feeder.
>> (One is perched there as I type this.) They have
>> competed with the Goldfinches
>> all winter and now are acting pretty territorial.
>>
>> --Pat
>>
>> Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD |
>> "The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
>> and carry that which is heavy up to the place where
>> dwells the race of gods.
>> More than any other thing that pertains to the body
>> it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato
>>
>
>
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