Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 15:56:16 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: Re: Atlasing in Calvert In-Reply-To: <3F06E6C6.98E29611@bellatlantic.net> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hi -- We have usually confirmed Waterthrushes by finding a family party, although you do have to be aware of the fact that such groups could travel from one block to another, especially if you are close to the blocks' borders. Also, recall that birds with any "confirming" behavior -- nest-building, on nest, feeding young, etc. -- confirms the species even if not within the safe dates. The latter are guidelines for (especially) eliminating migrants. This is explained in more detail in the Atlas "blue book." Gail Mackiernan Silver Spring, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================