Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:07:32 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Janet Millenson Subject: Feels like winter, sounds like spring MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit While our eyes are registering bare branches and dreary skies, our ears are detecting hints of warmth and color to come! I propose we make a list of which birds have already begun to sing (or equivalent). Off the top of my head, these come to mind as starters: Mourning dove Flicker (drumming) Tufted titmouse Carolina wren Grackle Cardinal House finch Song sparrow (Maybe I should also include red-shouldered hawk; an adult has been screaming from the treetops in my yard practically nonstop for the past hour.) Which birds can you add to this list? 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================