Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:52:30 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Frank Powers Subject: Cowbird & Red-winged Blackbird MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Had two new yard birds for the year this monring at our feeders as the unexpected snowfall began covering our yard: 1 male Brown-headed Cowbird and 1 male Red-winged Blackbird. They appeared to be with a flock of Common Grackles (only 4-5) and European Starlings (maybe 30). Lots of standard feeder birds around this morning, anxiously gathering food for the day as this new series of storms approaches. Wonder what they know that the weather forecasters don't. Best, Frank Powers Glen Echo, MD Montgomery County ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================