Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:56:53 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Janet Millenson Subject: Re: falcons in DC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Floyd Parks wrote: "It has been my experience that a Merlin will perch on the top of a telephone pole, while a Kestral will tend to be on the wire. It's a good idea to check closely any "Kestral" that is on the top of a pole." Sounds like a good idea for a list -- "Birds seen on wires and poles." Anybody out there already keep such a list? Maybe I should start my own; I could put Great Horned Owl and Prairie Falcon on it. Hmmm, then there'd be the "Birds on fences" list... 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================