Rick is quite correct in the identification of the multiflora rose at Swan
Harbor Farm. As an addition to the subject, I have at my website, photos of
a gorgeous Eastern Bluebird in the act of starting a recipe of Rose Hip Jam,
or more likely Jelly. Jam has the seeds removed. Check out the photos, and
if anyone is interested, I can send along the recipe. Photo Link:
"http://woodduck.smugmug.com/Feathered-Friends-Cat/Rose-Hip-Jam/20437506_zSq
wKZ#1617574289_59NP6Hr"
Also, I have posted some photos of the Le Contes "Sparrow from Sunday
morning at:
"http://woodduck.smugmug.com/Feathered-Friends-Cat/My-Feathered-Friends-2011
-New/15694974_c3LWXX#1617724264_f8XJPWP"
Regards,
Dave Brenneman
Fort Washington, MD 20744
www.woodduck.smugmug.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Rick Borchelt
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 1:02 PM
To:
Subject: [MDOSPREY] The bush in question
For the botanically inclined, hunting for the LeConte's using a barberry (as
most posts have called it) or bayberry (a Freudian typo from spending too
much time lately in the coastal marshes!) will avail thee naught.
The shrub is multiflora rose, an introduced exotic. The berries are rose
hips. As you walk the dike path it lines up directly between you and the
wood duck box in the cattails.
On Dec 4, 2011, at 9:36 AM, Marcy Stutzman <>
wrote:
> Dave Brenneman just called as he was leaving Swan Harbor Farm Park in
Harford County saying the Le Conte's Sparrow made an appearance again this
morning (sometime between 8:15/8:30 - 9:00 a.m.). Several birders were there
and got to see the sparrow. Dave and other photographers also got some great
pics. The sparrow showed about half way between the blind and the bayberry
bush (bush with red berries), which seems to be about where it popped up
yesterday morning around 7:20 a.m.
>
> No reports of seeing the Short-eared Owl.
>
> Dave mentioned, and yesterday I observed also, that the Bluebirds are
almost an irredescent blue as the fly in the sun - quite a stunning effect.
>
> Marcy
>
> Marcy Stutzman
> Russett, MD
>
>
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