Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 13:25:55 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Denise Ryan Subject: Patagonia Picnic Table Effect? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" What is the Patagonia Picnic Table Effect? Please enlighten me. Denise Ryan Washington, DC -----Original Message----- From: Scott Crabtree [mailto:crabtree@MYSHORELINK.COM] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:35 PM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] SI Rufous/Allen's hummingbird I've noticed a number of reports from birders looking for the hummers, and coming up with a number of other interesting sightings, much as Jim's, below. It's the "Patagonia Picnic Table Effect!" Scott Crabtree Chester, MD crabtree@myshorelink.com ----- Original Message ----- From: JAMES FELLEY To: Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 7:33 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] SI Rufous/Allen's hummingbird > This morning at 6:45, the hummingbird attending the feeder was the > Rufous/Allen's. It was chipping and acting territorial, and I heard > what might have been an answering chitter. Perhaps another > hummingbird (the Black-chinned?) was around and unseen. > Also as I was there, the Cooper's Hawk that has been haunting the > Mall flew out of the large magnolia in the Hirshhorn Garden. > Yesterday morning, I (and others) watched two Bald Eagles, an adult > and a immature, soaring and doing aerobatics over the Enid Haupt > Garden (at one point diving quite low over the SI Castle). The > Cooper's Hawk harassed one of them as they flew off. > Add these to the other birds around the SI Mall, and you can see > that at the moment, this is the place to be to watch birds! > Jim > > Jim Felley > Smithsonian Institution > felleyj@si.edu > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to > listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: > signoff mdosprey > ====================================================================== > = > > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================