Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:50:24 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Re: Doldrums NOT In-Reply-To: <000c01c237d4$e8f28ec0$3fbefea9@computer> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I don't have any bluebirds but I did get one catbird to take dried caterpillers from my hand. The other catbirds don't seem to approve though. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com Planes, Trains, & Automobiles Transportation Show Sept. 21-22 2002 - www.maam.org ** *** World Airshow News - www.worldairshownews.com ** --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On > Behalf Of Bonnie Ott > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:25 AM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Doldrums NOT > > > I have amused myself the last couple weeks with working on > training my bluebirds to come to a whistle. This week I had my first > success! I started by whistling when the female was eating the > mealworms (which I put out daily). After a week of this I tried > whistling when I stepped out on the deck. The first morning I tried it > the female flew in from about 70 yards away and perched on the deck a > few feet from me. It has now become our morning ritual and she shows > up within 20 seconds of my whistle! Now if it would only work on > LeConte's sparrows................ > > > Bonnie Ott > Howard County > Field trip Chair > bonnie1163@comcast.net > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================