Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 15:47:52 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jim Felley Subject: Mall birds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit While the flocks of geese and kettles of Turkey Vultures flying north over my house last week gave some hint that Winter might be drawing to a close, I just saw a more Spring-like indicator: an Eastern Phoebe was among the elms in front of the Museum of American History. Also, a male kestrel was flying above the Castle, calling. Finally, lots of crows are carrying nest material and are giving the begging call to each other, which of course means that the season of differentiating Fish from Common has officially ended! Jim Jim Felley Smithsonian Institution irmss668@sivm.si.edu ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================