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Fox Sparrow & in the previous week overflying Killdeer, garter snake

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MICHAEL SPEICHER

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MICHAEL SPEICHER

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Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:15:22 -0800

Gerald & Laura Tarbell wrote on Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:02:04 -0500:
There were several WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS there and then I spotted a FOX SPARROW with them. 

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My feeder hosted a Fox Sp this morning.  As with Gerald's it was in the company of several WT Sp.  They (Fox sp) are a regular every year.  It was funny to observe both sparrow types similarly scratching among the seed debris; the Fox was much better at moving debris however.

The Killdeer (a single and a pair) flew/calling overhead on FRI eve (i believe) when it was still light enogh to ovserve them.  Earlier in the week, one flew/calling much later in the evening.  Soon the farm fields will be full of them.

Also becoming more evident at the feeders are grackles and starlings.

No sign of "my" garter snake today, but i'll hold this post for a while in the event he shows up.  He/she would be happy (?) to learn that he/she was the first herp reported in FRED county this year according to: 

Wayne Hildebrand
North American Amphibian Monitoring Program 
Maryland Calling Amphibian Coordinator
and
Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Frederick County Coordinator
301-845-6582
  
For more information see NAAMP at:
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/naamp/
 
For more information on the Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas see MARA at:
http://www.marylandnature.org/mara/

Find county coordinators at:
http://www.marylandnature.org/mara/maraCoord.htm

re no sign of "my" garter snake today:
He/she did show after all.  Not surprising as the burrow is on the SW side of the house...

BTW this is my last REPTILE post to MDOsprey for the foreseeable future...

Jim (Michael) Speicher
jugornought—at—yahoo-dot-com
Bethesda  AT work :(
Broad Run_S. FRED Co  AT home


      

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