Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 11:46:31 +0000 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Don Burggraf Subject: Predawn yard bird Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Hi all. As the slowly approaching sun turned the sky from black to charcoal gray, the first robin's call interrupted the quiet. Then another, and another, until a chorus was singing full voice. I was out in the back yard with my dog (encouraging her to do her job so we could both go back inside) when another song complimented the robins. Searching my memory, and hearing the song a second time, I realized it was a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH. A new yard bird, all the more remarkable since the only water anywhere near my back yard in the city is rain! Ain't migration wonderful? Outside my window at work this morning were a black-throated green warbler, an american redstart, and a wood thrush callling. A thrush question. Before the early robin chorus in my back yard became too loud, I heard what sounded like a single thrush call (a Swainsons?). Somehow, I associate the night calling of thrushes with Fall migration. Do thrushes also make these nocturnal calls in the Spring? Don Burggraf Baltimore dburggraf@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================