Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:36:36 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Eric L Raun Subject: House Wren returns to Silver Spring MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I hung the first nest box for House Wrens on our property (inside the Beltway in Silver Spring, MD) in either 1991 or 1992. Ever since 1993, I've recorded when I hear the first (male) House Wren from our property. In 1995 and 2001, I was on vacation when the first Wren probably returned so I haven't included the first sighting for those years. Here are the results: April 16, 2002 April 14, 2000 April 17, 1999 April 18, 1998 April 19, 1997 April 24, 1996 April 20, 1994 April 29, 1993 The male who returned today is the same individual who nested in the backyard last summer. He was banded in May 2001. Eric Raun raueri@juno.com my butterfly garden website: http://pages.prodigy.net/raueri/btrfly.htm ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================