Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:14:09 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Adam Smith Subject: Odd Red-winged Blackbird Behavior Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At Blackwater NWR today, I saw two Red-winged Blackbirds, both appeared = to be juvenile males doing something I have never seen them do before. =20 They were in a young Loblolly Pine tree, nothing strange about that, but = they were picking out the seeds from the cones and eating them. I have = never observed this before. I have observed Common Grackles eat acorns, = before. But not Red-wings pulling a Nuthatch or a Crossbill routine. Has anyone else observed this? Maybe they saw a Nuthatch doing this and = figured it wasn't such a bad idea. Thoughts? Comments? Adam Smith Arubuts MD cyanbluecobat@msn.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================