MD Osprey:

Because of conservation concerns for Swainson's Warbler, here at the 
northern reaches of its breeding range in Maryland, we typically do 
not post or publicize reports of any birds on territory in the 
Pocomoke River area.

However, if anyone should locate any birds this year, please advise 
Gary Graves, Curator of the Division of Birds at the Smithsonian 
Institution. Gary has been studying this species for years and has 
published a number of related papers. He has recorded vocalizations 
of birds in over 400 counties in the US, but has none from Maryland 
and he would like to record them here!

Any birds typically arrive when I'm in Alaska each spring, so I may 
be out of touch, electronically, and might not be able to get the 
word to Gary. So, if anyone does locate any birds, please contact 
Gary directly. Here is his contact info ...

Gary R. Graves
Curator
Smithsonian Institution
Division of Birds
PO Box 37012, MRC 116
Washington, DC 20013-7012

Phone:(202) 633-0790
E-mail:

http://vertebrates.si.edu/birds/birds_staff_pages/GaryGraves_staffpage.cfm


Thanks!


Phil Davis
(currently in Anchorage)


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Davidsonville, MD

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