Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 16:56:17 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Lisa Colangelo Subject: Re: Bird watching bird MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I liked your post--saw a juvenile Towhee the other day myself but you'd never tell by field marks--I knew it was a Towhee because it acted like one! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Millenson" To: Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 9:25 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Bird watching bird > Yesterday there was a juvenile towhee scratching in the leaves near my > kitchen door. (They're colored just like dead leaves themselves; it > was the > motion that caught my eye.) Hanging over it on a low branch was a > juvenile cardinal, absolutely fascinated. The cardinal flew away > briefly, then returned to continue observing this unfamiliar > food-gathering technique. Finally the towhee, seemingly annoyed, > jumped towards the cardinal and chased it away. > > Janet Millenson > Potomac, MD (Montgomery County) > janet@twocrows.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Look at the birds!" -- Pascal the parrot > > ====================================================================== > = > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================