Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 10:09:14 -0500 Reply-To: tjharten@concentric.net Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Thomas Harten Subject: Re: Feeder Bonanza MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002D_01BF64C0.BC699E00" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01BF64C0.BC699E00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I also had a "feeder first" a Brown Thrasher sat at the perch of my = squirrel-proof feeder and spent about five minutes sweeping out seeds to = the benefit of the hungry squirrel sitting on the ground directly below! = Commensalism at work? Tom Harten Croom -----Original Message----- From: Dave Powell To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Date: Saturday, January 22, 2000 9:15 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Feeder Bonanza =20 =20 Ospreyers, =20 Since the snow has fallen, the number of birds coming to my feeders = has multiplied several times.=20 =20 Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Mourning Dove Blue Jays Tufted Titmouse Carolina Chickadee Carolina Wren Brown Creeper Fox Sparrow - 2 White-throated Sparrow Song Sparrow Tree Sparrow - 1 Dark-eyed Juncos House Finch Rusty Blackbird - A pair feeding on cracked corn on the ground. = Never expected to see this species at my feeder. =20 =20 =20 Dave Powell Harford Bird Club =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01BF64C0.BC699E00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I also had a "feeder = first" a Brown=20 Thrasher sat at the perch of my squirrel-proof feeder and spent about = five=20 minutes sweeping out seeds to the benefit of the hungry squirrel sitting = on the=20 ground directly below! Commensalism at work?

Tom Harten

Croom

-----Original = Message-----
From:=20 Dave Powell <dpowell@NETFOX.NET>
To: = MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM= =20 <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM= >
Date:=20 Saturday, January 22, 2000 9:15 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] = Feeder=20 Bonanza

Ospreyers,

Since the snow has fallen, the number of birds = coming to=20 my feeders has multiplied several times.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Mourning Dove

Blue Jays

Tufted Titmouse

Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Wren

Brown Creeper

Fox Sparrow - 2

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Tree Sparrow - 1

Dark-eyed Juncos

House Finch

Rusty Blackbird - A pair feeding on cracked corn on the ground. = Never=20 expected to see this species at my feeder.

Dave Powell

Harford Bird Club

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