When Maryanne Dolan and I stopped by there yesterday, we saw the gull leave the Best Buy lot and fly over the Verizon building that is across the street. There may be another parking lot behind that building, or a pond.

We also went to Robert E. Lee Park and had great views of the pretty Nutmeg Mannikin. It is near a chicken coop, so we wondered whether the chicken feed might be an attraction, although the hens were also foraging in the woods near the NM and the sparrows, so maybe not. I wonder what the bird's prospects are once the weather gets really cold. Can Nutmeg Mannikins adapt to freezing temperatures?

We tried for the Le Conte's but  didn't locate it--no surprise there! We are both pretty hopeless when it comes to locating rare sparrows without expert help. We tried channeling Bonnie Ott but it didn't work.

Pat Valdata
Elkton

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