Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 14:26:44 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Janet Millenson Subject: A Real Cliffhanger MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There's been a migrant Black-and-White Warbler in my yard the past few days. It's one of my favorite birds, but it brings back very unpleasant memories for my husband. The first time I saw one was in the late 1970s. Herb and I were rock-climbing in Massachusetts; he was ascending while I belayed him with the safety rope. Suddenly I spotted an unfamiliar bird making its way along a tree trunk. "There's a bird striped just like a zebra!" I shouted, before securing the rope to a nearby rock and running off into the woods for a better look -- leaving Herb stranded halfway up the cliff clinging with his fingertips as he stood on a tiny ledge. (Honestly, it's not like he was in any danger; I mean, I HAD tied off the belay rope...!) Well, over the intervening years I suppose he's forgiven me, though not forgotten. And I still get a thrill every time I see a Black-and-White Warbler. Janet Millenson Potomac, MD (Montgomery County) janet@twocrows.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Look at the birds!" -- Pascal the parrot ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================