Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 05:04:19 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Ho Co (yard bird) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was overjoyed to observe a WHITE-CROWN SPARROW (immature) in my flower patch yesterday evening. He visited my birdbath and tried to take a peanut from my big top feeder (unsuccessfully). It has taken 12 years of waiting for this bird (#174) to visit. He was the most beautiful white-crown I have ever seen! Bonnie Ott Ellicott city,Howard County bonnie1163@home.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================