Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:06:25 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Janet Millenson Subject: Sparrow obeys Yellow Book MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This morning I braved the chill winds to put out more birdseed, and was rewarded with a Fox Sparrow on my deck just now. According to the Yellow Book, this is exactly when large numbers of them start to pass through. It seems like the cheap millet attracts more interesting birds than the expensive sunflower seed. And the seed-eaters have attracted a Cooper's Hawk. Still no titmice, though. 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================