You're memory's very good, Rick. In fact that bird had been
sighted in two
sites near Annapolis and there was a bamboo grove near both of them.
I must confess, that this insight was offered me by Dan Haas. The
only
claim I can make is a velcro one. It stuck.
Leo
On Mar 28, 2010, at 7:27 AM, wrote:
> Hi Leo,
> I seem to recall a similar stand of bamboo near the house that was
> hosting a PABU in AA county a couple of winters ago. Yes? No?
>
> Rick Sussman
> Woodbine,MD
> there's a
> small bamboo grove at the end of the block. Seems a likely
> (possible?) place to check out if he's been out of sight for
> awhile ???
>
> Leo Weigant
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo Weigant <>
> To:
> Sent: Sat, Mar 27, 2010 8:56 pm
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Painted Bunting still in Bowie
>
> My memory of the site is that if you face Wakefield Lane
> (with the Paugh's house behind you) and look right there's a
> small bamboo grove at the end of the block. Seems a likely
> (possible?) place to check out if he's been out of sight for
> awhile ???
>
> Leo Weigant
>
> On Mar 27, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Michael Bowen wrote:
>
> > The male Painted Bunting is still coming at intervals to the
> Paugh > family's feeder on Wakefield Lane in Bowie. We saw it this
> > morning, March 27, at around 10 a.m. Dorothy Paugh says it is
> most > regular early in the day and later in the afternoon, but can
> > disappear for hours in the middle of the day. It comes to a
> feeder > with millet, which she says is its favorite food. It is
> noticeably > "twitchy" and will not come to the feeder when
> Cowbirds are around.
> >
> > Many thanks to the Paughs for hosting this splendid visitor from
> > the South.
> >
> > Mike and Joy Bowen
> > Montgomery Bird Club
> > Bethesda, MD
> >
> > D.H. Michael Bowen
> > 8609 Ewing Drive
> > Bethesda, MD 20817
> > Telephone: (301) 530-5764
> > e-mail: dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom
> >
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