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Re: Sure is quiet here

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Jeff Shenot

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Jeff Shenot

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Thu, 24 May 2007 16:21:38 -0400

Yep, it's that time when our interest turns to breeding bird activity and 
obsertvations.  I have a question:

This morning I found three pre-fledgling Barred owls, they were begging and 
very intersting to watch.  But I have to wonder how they got where I found 
them...  They were in a medium size ash tree, and obviously it was not the 
location where they came from in their nest.  Nearby were several large 
sycamores that were most likely where the nest may have been.  But how did 
they get to where I found them?  They were still incapable of flight, and were 
about 35-40 feet up in the tree.  Has anyone heard of an owl parent removing 
owlets if they become too big for the nest?  I wondered if a parent removed 
them from the nest and took them to a nearby tree so they could continue to 
feed them until they could fly.  Hmmm.

Regarding the house wren, we have a very similar deal with them in southern 
PG County.  They are quite uncommon here, and I would say rare up until just 
a few years ago.  Perhaps they may be spreading in southern MD now.  I 
confirmed them in two Atlas blocks just last year, having missed them in my 
southern PG Atlas blocks for most of the Atlas prior to that.  And during the 
2006 May Count, I had them for the first time ever here (Jug Bay), at least for 
me.  And last year I had my first one ever at our house, singing in May for two 
days before it left, and then I saw one here in fall during migration.

Cheers-
Jeff Shenot
Croom MD