Birders,

The Harris's Sparrow was seen today for a few minutes between 3 pm - 4 pm
(and
perhaps again after I left at 4 pm) on the dirt path in the woods accessed
from the Columbia Association path off the entrance drive.

We heard it sing before it appeared.  After a while on the ground feeding on

seeds it flushed to the fence line close by to the west.  This is all in a
fairly small area of woods within sight of the back of the building.  You
have
a partial view of their feeders through the trees.

If feeding is discontinued in the woods, going around the right of the
building would be the best bet as then you have a direct view of their
feeders
and the area underneath.

Good luck,

Scott Berglund
Ellicott City MD
business250 at yahoo dot com


--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Bob & Jo Solem <> wrote:

> From: Bob & Jo Solem <>
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Harris's Sparrow in Howard County
> To: 
> Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 4:48 PM
> Birders,
>
> Ken has been most helpful and just sent the following
> information. Since not all birders want to wait until the
> weekend I'm
> forwarding this now in hopes that only small numbers of
> people will show up at any one time.  He is going to
> discontinue spreading
> seed in the woods. This means you can go to 6760 Alexander
> Bell Drive (from I-95, go west on Md175 1/2 mile to Gateway
> Drive; south
> on Gateway to a right on A. Bell.  Go around the right side
> of the building to the rear where there are several
> feeders).  The
> sparrow was seen this afternoon.
>
> Jo Solem
>
> Laurel, MD 20723
> 
>
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> Subject: Re: Harris's Sparrow
>
>
> I spoke to the building manager, and she said that it was
> fine if people walk on the property as long as they stay
> outside the
> building. She also thought that it would be ok to send the
> alert to the broader group on Friday (if Harris is still
> here), so that
> more people could come on the weekend. I told her that
> there could be 40-50 people here, and she said that she
> would notify the
> security patrol so they wouldn't be too concerned.
> I've also mentioned the bird to the people in the office
> closest to where we were
> standing on Saturday, and they said that having a few
> people around during work hours was not a problem,
> particularly since their
> break room is there on the corner.
>
>
>
> -Ken