Dear Harry, Enjoyed your post on nests and fledglings. How do could you tell it was a female downy fledgling that was being fed as opposed to a male? I have only found house wrens and Carolina wrens and a robin nesting on our plot. Probably house finches up in a tall prickly spruce, as in previous years, but I have never actually seen the nest, just the activity. Regards, Robin Todd totnesman@aol.com Ellicott City