Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 22:01:05 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Elise Kreiss Subject: Baltimore Feeders and Leakin Park MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Hermit Thrush first seen last weekend is still with us. Equally atypical for us is the Rusty Blackbird and the Rock Dove that took up most of one hanging feeder with its great bulk, dwarfing the Morning Doves. In addition to the usual crew, we also had two Song Sparrows this weekend, and a Fox Sparrow. [Typical recent weekend turnout: Morning Doves, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers, one American Crow, Chickadees, Titmice, two White-breasted Nuthatches, two Carolina Wrens, White-throated Sparrows, Juncos, Cardinals, House Finch, Goldfinch, House Sparrows.] Today, also, a Cowbird. Makes you think about taking the feeders down. . . A walk in Leakin Park a few blocks away on Saturday morning yielded three Sapsuckers; about three more than I usually see; two of them together; a Creeper, and the first two Phoebes we've seen this year; one of them calling. Other birds: Canada Geese overhead, Mallards; a Red-shouldered Hawk shared the sky with an accipiter and a Turkey Vulture; Ring-billed Gulls; Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy, Pileated Woodpeckers and Flickers; Crows, Chickadees, Titmice, White-breasted Nuthatches, Carolina Wrens, Robins, Mockingbirds, Starlings, a few very vocal Towhees, one in particular having a variety of things to say and at length; numerous White-throated Sparrows, two Savannah, two Song and one Fox Sparrow seen; Juncos, Cardinals, Grackles, House Finch, Goldfinch. Windsor Hills Baltimore, MD 21216 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================