Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:37:54 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: JAMES FELLEY Subject: Mall birds, 4/29 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline The Mall was a birdy place today at lunch, especially around the Lincoln Monument: Everywhere Ring-billed Gulls American Robins Common Grackles White-throated Sparrows Gray Catbirds (many) Yellow Warblers (singers scattered here and there) Yellow-rumped Warblers (ditto) Baltimore Orioles (several around the Washington Monument, more singing from the elms around the Reflecting Pool) American Goldfinches (mostly high in the elms, eating seeds I guess) Constitution Gardens Osprey (1) Red-winged Blackbirds Brown-headed Cowbirds American Redstart (1) Common Yellowthroat (1) Ovenbird (2) Wood Thrush (1) Dark-eyed Juncos (only a few now) DC Veteran's Memorial Eastern Towhee (2) Brown Thrasher (2 pair) Northern Flicker Jim Jim Felley Smithsonian Institution felleyj@si.edu ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================