Date: 3/2/13 9:27 am
From: Patricia Valdata <pvaldata1...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Re: feeder birds: Purple Finch


Sorry 'bout that--I had a signature line set up when I use gmail on my cell
phone, but apparently that didn't carry over setting when I use the laptop.
Let's see if it shows up now.

Pat


On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Patricia Valdata <pvaldata1...>wrote:

> I just had a lovely male Purple Finch among a group of 20+ juncos eating
> seed on the ground below the bird feeder. What I haven't noticed in about a
> week are the Red-breasted Nuthatches. But I am also getting in flocks of
> blackbirds, a sure sign of spring. Yesterday I had about 60 of them, 1/3
> grackles, 1/3 male redwings, 1/3 female redwings.
>
> Wodpeckers continue at the suet, including a pair each of Downy, Hairy,
> Red-breasted and Pileated, with a Brown Creeper sneaking in when it can.
>
> Pat
>



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Pat Valdata
Elkton, MD

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