Date:         Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:27:51 -0500
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From:         Robert Ringler <ringler@QIS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Feels like winter, sounds like spring
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Janet,
    I heard the first Robin singing in our neighborhood today, 2/26/04.

Bob Ringler

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From: Janet Millenson <janet@TWOCROWS.COM>
To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 1:07 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Feels like winter, sounds like spring


> 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
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