Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 15:18:47 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Cecil County - RB Grosbeaks MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gary, Are the observers sure the birds were not Black-headed Grosbeaks, a species almost as likely at this time of year? It's more than a month early for even an extraordinarily early Rose-breasted. Though there have been winter reports in the past there have been none in the past 20 years beyond the Christmas Count period. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary A Griffith To: Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:09 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Cecil County - RB Grosbeaks Two reports of Rose-breasted Grosbeak from Cecil County, both on March 1 (Saturday) and both from reliable observers. Don't know if this is first of year or not. I don't have the current yellow book unpacked, so can't check the dates. Perhaps Bob Ringler could shed light. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================