Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 19:44:32 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: first spring Fox Sparrow I know others have seen them already, but we had our first spring Fox Sparrow today in Northwest Branch park, again walking the dogs. He was definitely not there two days ago -- there also were more White-throats in the "sparrow spot" -- they are on the move north as well. On February 14, we saw dozens of Fox Sparrows at the Eastern Shore NWR in Virginia, apparently staging for their migration. Our little winter visitor, the female R-B Nuthatch was not seen today so she may have also departed the scene. Cheers, Gail Mackiernan ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================