Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 14:30:40 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Eric L Raun Subject: House Wrens Returning Earlier Since 1993 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We hung the first nest box for House Wrens on our property (inside the Beltway in Silver Spring, MD) in either 1991 or 1992. Ever since 1993, I've tried to record when I hear the first (male) House Wren from our property. In 1995, we were on vacation when the first Wren probably returned so I don't include that year. Here are the results: April 14, 2000 April 17, 1999 April 18, 1998 April 19, 1997 April 24, 1996 April 20, 1994 April 29, 1993 This year, the first brood of (three) House Wrens fledged successfully this past Wednesday (June 7). Eric Raun raueri@juno.com butterfly garden website: http://pages.prodigy.net/raueri/btrfly.htm ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================