All the Mourning Doves must be in my back yard in Baltimore City..........I have
no decline at all from previous years.
Karen Morley
kdmorley at yahoo dot com
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From: Jim Moore <>
To:
Sent: Fri, September 24, 2010 8:26:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Not Song Sparrows but Mourning Doves
Similar eBird data for MD suggests a decline for Mourning Doves
as well:
2009: Aug (2.61), Sep (2.62)
2010: Aug (2.00), Sep (1.69)
Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
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On 9/24/2010 7:32 AM, Karen Harris wrote:
> People keep asking me about the lack of Mourning Doves.
>
> Karen Harris
> Talbot County, MD
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:40 AM, Jim Moore<> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I saw a Song Sparrow a week ago and it also occurred to me how few I had seen
>recently. EBird data confirms a decline in these and the other species Bob
>mentions. Average birds-per-list data for the state of Maryland the last two
>months are as follows:
>
> 2009--Aug--Sep
>
> SOSP: .51, .49
> NOMO: .69, .79
> CAWR: .94, 1.77
>
> 2010--Aug--Sep
>
> SOSP: .24, .16
> NOMO: .55, .55
> CAWR: .70, .98
>
> Song Sparrow declines are the most dramatic -- declining by more than 50%
>compared to last year. On the bright side though August and September are the
>months of the year with lowest Song Sparrow numbers even in a normal year.
>Things will pick up of course in October when migrants add to the totals.
>
> Good birding!
> Jim Moore
> Rockville, Maryland
>
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