Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 22:12:59 -0400 Reply-To: Robert Ringler Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Early Goldfinch Nest MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Last week I discovered a Goldfinch nest with 5 eggs in a Forsythia bush at home. The next day I watched the male feed the female on the nest. The female has been seen incubating daily since then. Today (August 1) there were two tiny young in the nest with the remaining eggs. This is a record early nestling date for Maryland though there are historical egg dates that would indicate the probability of an earlier date than this. Bob Ringler Eldersburg, Md ringler@qis.net ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================== ==========================================================================