Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 06:55:38 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Yard Birds Today - 04-08-01 Comments: To: SMAS Comments: cc: Marshall , Jlstasz@aol.com, Gwen Brewer , Jett.George@epamail.epa.gov, voice MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Folks: Today working around the yard in Waldorf, Charles Co., MD I identified the following so far: 2 Canada Geese - local flyers 7 Black Vultures -- flyers 14 Turkey Vultures - 13 in one kettle 4 Bald Eagles - 2 immature, 2 adults - - flyers 1 male Sharp-shinned Hawk - hunting a Mourning Dove in the yard 1 Cooper's Hawk - flyer 3 Red-shoulder Hawks - flyers 5 Red-tailed Hawks - flyers 10 Mourning Doves 4 Red-bellied Woodpeckers 6 Downy Woodpeckers 1 Hairy Woodpeckers - calling 5 Tree Swallows - flyers - yard year bird 2 Barn Swallows - flyers - yard year bird 1 Purple Martin 6 Carolina Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 4 American Robin 2 Brown Thrasher - yard year bird 10 European Starling 12 Northern Cardinal 1 male Rufous-sided Towhee 2 Chipping Sparrow 10 White-throated Sparrow 14 Dark-eyed Junco 5 Brown-headed Cowbirds 26 Common Grackles so far 3 male Purple Finches - yard year bird 10 House Finches 12 American Goldfinches It's tax time so put out those hummingbird feeders. Enjoy your birds. George =================================================== ===================== To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================