Have had Dickcissels at two feeder sites -- Bowie and Laurel. Both were trapped during winter banding studies. Cheers, Kathy Klimkiewicz Laurel MD ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Totally awesome feeder bird Author: mdosprey@ARI.Net at NBS-Internet-Gateway Date: 9/24/98 11:17 AM > My guess- Dickcissel (sp?). > > Tom Beal You got it right! How did you know? I never would have expected one to show up at my feeder. Does that happen often? I had never seen one in winter plumage. So it had me fooled at first. Beautiful bird! Mike Collins Annandale, Virginia collins@ram.nrl.navy.mil