Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:27:51 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Feels like winter, sounds like spring MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Janet, I heard the first Robin singing in our neighborhood today, 2/26/04. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet Millenson To: 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > "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 > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================