Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:52:22 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Burggraf Subject: Re: Skunkhead MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 02/12/2002 4:58:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, fcsaunders@WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes: > Names like Skunkhead are fascinating and I suppose many are > chosen due to behavioral or descriptive factors. Does anyone > know of any others? > > Before my father became interested in birding, I remember him calling House Sparrows "spotsies." I have no idea where that name came from. Fred Burggraf Dentsville, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================