Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 05:33:25 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Re: Conkereee... MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I think they were > different, but only by noticing that they each had different black spot #'s > and configurations on the side of their outer tail feathers. Is that a > legitimate way to tell one from another? I have read you can distinguish Downy woodpeckers by individual facial patterns. I've always wanted to sketch mine out to see how many come to my feeders. Spring songs and courtship flights are starting in earnest! Customers are reporting many towhees at feeders and a scattering of tree sparrows. Watch those sparrows! Years ago the snow brought a savannah to my feeder. Bonnie Ott Howard County Field Trip Chair Ellicott City, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================