Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 16:49:29 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gerald & Laura Tarbell Subject: Re: Cardinal numbers (no pun intended) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It Seems late to me For a Tanager to still be singing as I assume you are Talking Scarlet Tanager. Yes, we very rarely get a summer tanager in Carroll Co., if ever. In Aug I have seen them chaning To a Green color They were in a The Red and green spotted transition seen in the Peterson fied Guide. I have seen them in this phase in August, too. However I wouldn't expect them to be singing as they molt. I tried to look at the singer yesterday and from what I could tell he was still in normal breeding plumage. He was partially obscured by leaves. This is Aug. 7 and he's still acting like it's June. Jerry ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================