Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 19:04:33 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Re: Signs of spring? In-Reply-To: <000501c3edc6$07c3dd10$0701a8c0@Janet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My local Cardinal gave his first full concert this morning. He started practicing Jan 4 and went through his whole repertoire today. The Titmice and Chickadees were providing enthusiastic accompaniment. I know the females sing too but have never caught one in the act. I'd been thinking the Finches were looking pretty spiffy - for House Finches that is. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On > Behalf Of Janet Millenson > Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 4:02 PM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Signs of spring? > > > The male House Finches at my feeder seem more vividly colored in > recent days. Is that real or is it a trick of the light? I also heard > a bit of cardinal song this morning. The birds know that winter has > passed the halfway mark. > > 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 > ======================================================================= > ---------------------------------------------------- > This message has been processed by Firetrust Benign. > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================