Date: 6/18/25 11:48 am From: 'Mike Bowen' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Henslow's Sparrow(s) in Frostburg area
Denise: In fact there have been quite a few reports of Henslow's Sparrow(s) just West of Frostburg over the past month of so:
The red "balloons" represent different reports, entered into eBird by 5 different people at places fairly close to one another but not at the exact same location, but all shown as just to the West of a local road, Winners View Terrace. I suspect, as you do, that this area has in the past been the site of surface coal ("strip") mining by a local company called Beechwood Coal, but I am not 100% of this. Interestingly, the "traditional" place to find breeding Henslow's Sparrow in the Frostburg area was along Old Legislative Rd. a few miles south of I-68 and only about 4 miles from these more recent sightings north of I-68. The OL Rd. site no longer features Henslow's habitat -- it is now the site of a massive solar cell array.
Mike BowenBethesda, Montgomery County
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