Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:08:20 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Katharine Patterson Subject: Re: Dead Bluebird MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The nesting materials don't sound like typical bluebird nesting materials. In my experience monitoring BB trails, I have never seen them use moss. Considering the point in the season, it is possible a male bluebird was checking out nesting sites and got trapped in the box by an English Sparrow. If the bluebird's head was pecked, it was probably the work of an English Sparrow. Katharine Patterson Butler, Md. kpatter931@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================