Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:01:18 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: red-breasted nuthatch MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Michelle, Balck-&-white Warbler is a great bird for late fall. For the record, what was the date of your sighting and what was it eating at your feeders? Could you tell if it was a male or female, adult or immature? Thank you, and keep reporting, sheltered or not! Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Michelle Dunn To: Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:16 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] red-breasted nuthatch > Hello from Catonsville, Maryland home of an active, yet sheltered > backyard birder. By sheltered I mean that I've never met with other > birders before and am finding a need to share the excitement of > birding and my "new" discoveries with others. I have been amused and > amazed by the red- breasted nuthatch that has been feeding from my > feeders daily since Thanksgiving. It is always rewarding to see, not > only favorites return after their season away, but also to spot new > birds without leaving the house. I too miss the tufted titmouse. We > used to have a lot of those but I haven't seen any for a long time. > In early November, I saw another new bird (for me) at my feeders, a > Black and White Warbler. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================