Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 17:38:42 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sherry Peruzzi Subject: Washington Post article re mockingbird hatchlings MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Today's (Saturday) Washington Post has an article about the US Fish & Wildlife Service investigating the D.C. animal control workers who destroyed a mockingbird's nest, killing three hatchlings. It amazes me that an animal control office didn't know any better than to do this, especially in view of the fact that the problem -- the mockingbird allegedly attacking passers-by -- had gone on for years, so it wasn't at all necessary to do anything about it in the immediate time frame. You can read the article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39292-2000Aug4.html Sherry ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================== ==========================================================================