Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 18:58:47 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Lisa Colangelo Subject: Re: Local birds down? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have a trail of 20 bluebird boxes and have been monitoring them for 7 years--never have I had so many empty boxes. I don't think the bluebirds fared well this harsh winter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Mumford" To: Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Local birds down? > I too have noticed very few bluebirds this spring, although I was feeding six > with mealworms during the big snow storm. Also, have not seen a Carolina > Wren around here in some weeks. > > On the other hand, for the first time ever, four of five bluebird houses on > my property are occupied by chickadees. The other has a plump flying > squirrel. > > > Bob Mumford > Darnestown > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================