All of this is good reason to vote Democratic in the fall so the NIH budget won't continue to get cut!

Richard


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> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:54:55 -0700
> From: 
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Mr. Henslow Sparrow (monday 11:45 a.m.)
> To: 
> 
> The NIH Groundskeeper has asked for postive ID for the species.  Are there any good photos of this bird on the Web that I can point him to, or that can be sent to me so that I can forward them to him?
> John Newman
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 6/16/08,   wrote:
> 
>> From:  
>> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Mr. Henslow Sparrow (monday 11:45 a.m.)
>> To: , 
>> Date: Monday, June 16, 2008, 2:22 PM
>> John,
>> 
>> Many thanks for your intervention on behalf of the
>> Henslow's Sparrow.   The 
>> sparrow is in a field of very tall grasses opposite the
>> residence at 23021 Club 
>> Hollow Road.   It is in a swale on the north-facing slope
>> of the field below 
>> the crest and nearest the fence line that parallels the
>> road.   The next field 
>> to the east has been mowed up to the other fence the two
>> fields share.   I 
>> hope this helps to identify the location for you.   The
>> bird "sings" almost 
>> incessantly.
>> 
>> Paul O'Brien
>> Rockville, Mont. Co., MD
>> Former NIH Employee (NEI)
>> 
>> In a message dated 6/16/08 1:55:39 PM,
>>  writes:
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> I am a birder, a subscriber to MDOSPREY, and an NIH
>> employee at the NIH 
>>> Animal Center.  I have asked the head groundskeeper
>> to suspend mowing operations 
>>> for now, and he has agreed to do this.  He has done a
>> great job with putting 
>>> up bird houses suitable for several species at the
>> farm (which I now have 
>>> volunteered to maintain since the regular
>> groundskeeping staff has been 
>>> downsized due to budget cuts), and I am sure he will
>> be helpful with this.  He would 
>>> like to know what meadows the bird has been spotted
>> in.  I know that it is 
>>> difficult to judge from Club Hollow Rd., but I will
>> try to walk around tomorrow 
>>> morning to see if I can hear/see it.
>>> I would also like to report that I heard, and briefly
>> saw, a Grasshopper 
>>> Sparrow on the farm, not far from the guard booth at
>> the entrance.  So birders 
>>> can keep their eyes open and ears tuned for this
>> species, as well.
>>> John Newman
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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