Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 07:07:36 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: johnna robinson Subject: Northern Catbirds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A late comment: For the past 20 years there have been Catbirds nesting in the end of a dense bamboo hedge in my yard. One arrives between April 22 and April 27. The year of the tornado in LaPlata, 'he' arrived late and had five feathers missing from his tail. This past winter the hedge was the realm of a flock of English Sparrows and I was afraid the Catbird would move. However, he arrived on the 26th and the two days later the Sparrows had skittered elsewhere. The Catbirds rule. Glen Echo Heights, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================