Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:33:08 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Speicher, James (NIH/NIAID)" Subject: Ripley Garden's Rufous Comments: cc: "Pletnev, Alexander (NIH/NIAID)" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I observed the Rufous for about 45 minutes between 0900 and 1000 this morning, DEC 31. It seemed rather shy at first, flitting back and forth in the garden. After a while, however, it seemed to settle down. It fed twice during the period of observation, and, at one point, perched for almost 20 minutes in the Crape Myrtle (that's the deciduous shrub with the interesting light colored bark next to the "castle" behind the feeder) "talking" and preening. In the morning, if it seems the bird is not around, the Crape Myrtle might be worth a long look. Jim Speicher jspeicher@niaid.nih.gov Bethesda @work:( FRED Co @home:) ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================