Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:11:38 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Re: Scarlet Tanager question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "ONE of the most brilliant and striking of all American birds is the Scarlet Tanager. > From its black wings resembling pockets, it is frequently called the "Pocket > Bird". " Thanks Joe for the info. I was reading an old book that referred to the scarlet as (black-winged redbird, firebird, canada tanager and pocket-bird). All were easy to figure out but the pocket reference stumped me. Other fun ones are; Bell bird - woodthrush Butter- bobolink blackcap- wilson's warbler bull-bat, piramidig- nighthawk bay-winged bunting- vesper sparrow chewink- towhee clape, high hole, yarup- flicker devil downhead- wb nuthatch goldcrest- gc kinglet hair-bird- chipping sparrow halcyon, bee martin - kingfisher venison heron- canada jay oldfield lark - meadowlark sand martin- bank swallow the preacher- red-eyed vireo silktail- bohemian waxwing snowflake, junco yellow-winged sparrow- grasshopper aquatic thrush- northern water thrush Bonnie Ott (field trip chair) Ellicott city, Howard County Maryland 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================