Folks

House Wrens are not that common in Charles either.  I think we get a hand 
full on the May count, and they are usually found in older developments that 
have trees.  Cobb Island is a traditional location, and some of the older 
communities around Waldorf.  Any of the newer developments (less than twenty 
years) seem to be void of this species.

George
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From: "James Tyler Bell" <>
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Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] House Wren puzzle


> Gail:
>
> eBird shows widespread sightings in Maryland with the exception of 
> southern Maryland. I haven't heard one in Edgewater this spring and we 
> whiffed on them during May Count. I know they're not common in Calvert and 
> St. Mary's but we usually get at least a few on May Count! Not sure what 
> happened to your local birds but eBird shows a fairly even distribution of 
> them on the northern side of the DC beltway.
>
> http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?cmd=quickPick&speciesCode=&bMonth=01&bYear=2010&eMonth=12&eYear=2010&getLocations=states&states=US-MD&parentState=US-MD&reportType=species&speciesCodes=houwre&continue.x=18&continue.y=11&continue=Continue
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/29ur9w3
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>
> Tyler Bell
>
> 
> California, Maryland
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> From: Gail Mackiernan <>
> To: 
> Sent: Fri, May 14, 2010 1:28:13 PM
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] House Wren puzzle
>
> Hi all --
>
> Barry and I just returned from over 3 weeks' out of the country and are
> astonished to find that neither of our two House Wren boxes (carefully
> cleaned in early April) are occupied. Neither is our neighbor's wren 
> house.
> Barry walked through the neighborhood this morning and said he didn't hear
> any House Wrens singing, either.
>
> Both our two wren houses have been occupied every year since we moved here
> in 1993, so this is rather unprecedented.
>
> What are others finding re their own "local" wrens?
>
> Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
> Colesville, MD
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