Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:09:31 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Joe McDaniel Subject: Re: Dilbert Housefinch MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The tufts occur because of the eye disease that most of these birds have. I have observed birds with one eye completely closed over and the other almost covered. Not a very "interesting" bird, but still not the way I like to see them living. Best, Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Pierce" To: Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Dilbert Housefinch > Haven't had a chance to look for migrating anything but I have observed a > House Finch hanging around with a striking resemblence to Dilbert's > pointy-haired boss. Same portly build, with the tufts shaped and angled > perfectly. Thus far though, no managerial activity observed. Seems > relatively competent as well. > > fdp > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ** ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================