Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:57:59 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tom Beal Subject: Big Day MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Last week's 18" of snow produced a Big Day in my backyard, 30 species. Including a imm. Red-shouldered Hawk perched very low, just behind the fe= nce amongst the seemingly oblivious regulars. It was there twice for long periods, was it possible he was desperate and seeking an avian snack? Tom Beal Glenn Dale, MD C Chickadee T Titmouse WB Nuthatch Downy Woodpecker Hairy WP RB WP Flicker Godlfinch House Finch WTh Sparrow House Sparrow Junco Fox Sparrow (2) Song Sparrow Towhee (only show up during snow storms) M Dove Cowbird RW Blackbird Bleu Jay C Wren RB Gull Herring Gull RS Hawk SS Hawk Cardinal (up to 22) Robin Waxwing Starling Crow (sp?) BT Grackle ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================