Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:47:11 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Richard McGuinness Subject: Re: Where are the titmice? By this time, there are normally a great number of titmice in my neighborhood in old Greenbelt, but I've only seen one, on one day, at my feeders this fall. > ** Original Subject: [MDOSPREY] Where are the titmice? > ** Original Sender: Janet Millenson > ** Original Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:42:39 -0500 > ** Original Message follows... > > In my yard, Tufted Titmouse has always been one of those birds that's > seen or heard virtually every day, year-round -- yet in recent weeks > I've hardly seen any. With the change of seasons the feeders have > become busy again, but the finches, chickadees and nuthatches aren't > being joined by the usual perky little gray birds. > > Has anyone else noticed fewer titmice around lately? The scarcity of > crows (presumably from the depredations of West Nile) is bad enough, > but losing the little dicky-birds too would be very alarming. > > 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 > ======================================================================= >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** > Richard McGuinness Greenbelt, MD torich1@mindspring.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================