Date: 6/18/25 12:03 pm From: Mike Milligan <mike.milligan...> Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Henslow's Sparrow(s) in Frostburg area
I graduated from Frostburg State over 40 years ago and I can confirm (with
100% certainty) that this is the site of the old strip mine. It was still
active when I was a student.
Mike Milligan
On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM 'Mike Bowen' via Maryland & DC Birding <
<mdbirding...> wrote:
> 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:
>
> [image: Inline image]
>
> 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 Bowen
> Bethesda, Montgomery County
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