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Re: VIRA on my desk; plus, a few foy birds

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Wendy Olsson

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Wendy Olsson

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Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:02:06 -0400

With all this discussion of window collisions, just an FYI on 2 products 
that are out there for homes to reduce/eliminate bird strikes:

http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/120221.html
http://www.birdsavers.com/

Lights Out Baltimore (and Lights Out DC) are beginning monitoring very soon, 
if anyone is interested in volunteering with either group, pls email me 
off-list.

Wendy Olsson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joan Cwi" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] VIRA on my desk; plus, a few foy birds


> FYI, the Lights Out Baltimore people have found Virginia and Clapper 
> Rails that were victims of downtown Baltimore window strikes.
>
> Joan Cwi
>
>
> On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Jeff Shenot wrote:
>
>> Hang in there.  A few years ago we had a Virginia Rail crash into  our 
>> house (a window) one night.  We do not have an outside light on  at our 
>> house at night, so I don't know why it happened.  Apparently  the bird 
>> was flying along and somehow hit our window.  Very weird.   Maybe it was 
>> fleeing an owl?  Seems like if that was the case, the  owl would have 
>> grabbed the rail.  At first I thought it was a much  larger animal or 
>> bird, as the noise was pretty loud, but when I put  the flashlight beam 
>> on it I was shocked to see a VIRA.  It stood  motionless on our porch 
>> roof for several minutes, looking pretty  bad.  After a few minutes it 
>> moved slightly, and still looked bad  but eventually after about 15 
>> minutes, it just flew away (strongly),  and apparently was okay.  I got a 
>> picture of it before it flew.   Very weird picture - a rail sitting on 
>> the roof.
>>
>> Speaking of rails, I heard my first SORA of the year last eve (not  at my 
>> house, it was at a farm near here).  I think it was a migrant  and not 
>> one that over-wintered.  I haven't heard any around the  river yet this 
>> year and I am out constantly.  It was a beautiful  spring eve here 
>> yesterday.  I also heard the first singing marsh  wren and swamp sparrows 
>> of the season here, and I think the same -  they are migrants - not birds 
>> that over-wintered.  I was on the  eastern shore on Tuesday and found 
>> them also singing in several  areas.  Seems many species are arriving 
>> early.  I would guess we  will have our first hummer any day now, maybe 
>> even today!
>>
>> Good luck with the rail Tyler!
>>
>> Jeff Shenot
>> Crroom MD
>>
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