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Re: Male Painted Bunting in Bowie--End Date (4/12)

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Phil Davis

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Phil Davis

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Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:01:06 -0400

MD Osprey:

FYI ...

Phil

>Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:56:46 -0400
>To: Dorothy Paugh <>
>From: Phil Davis <>
>Subject: Re: Male Painted Bunting in Bowie--End Date
>Cc: <>, <>
>
>Hi Dorothy:
>
>Thanks for letting us know and thanks for hosting so many people!!!
>
>Keep an eye out for this bird next year. Male Painted Buntings 
>exhibit pretty good wintering ground fidelity. I know of at least 
>three birds that came back to the same location for at least two 
>consecutive winters. One bird came back at least winters in a row ...
>
>I'll take the liberty of forwarding this to MD Osprey so that others 
>can know that the "show is over" ... at least for this year!
>
>Thanks, again!
>
>Phil


At 07:46 PM 04/15/2010, Dorothy Paugh wrote:
>No one has seen the painted bunting at my feeder since Monday April 12.
>
>Cortez Austin took great pictures and posted to MDOsprey that day 
>that he heard him singing.  I did see the bird eating that evening 
>but not since.
>
>No doubt the lack of a response to his tune by a female of the 
>species caused him to finally move on.  I first laid eyes on this 
>bird at my feeder in the height of the Feb 10 blizzard, which added 
>to the 26 inches of snow from the previous week.
>
>Dorothy


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