[MDOsprey] Yard- Early SISKIN/WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW

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Hi All:
How exciting!!!  A break from my fall planting to sit and focus on
backyard bird activity turned out to be highly productive.  A beautiful
fresh plummage WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW of the Gambel variety flew into the
bird bath to refresh itself; certainly an early yard record for this
species.  Then I began to catch glimpses of a heavily streaked finch
size bird with white wing bars......yup- PINE SISKINS, 1/2 dz. of these
aggressive dynamos.  Also an early record for me.  A WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH came in to spiral the trunk of my sycamore tree.  GOLDEN-CROWN
KINGLET foraged in the wild cherries along the side of the property.  As
we continue to add naturalized plantings to the yard, we`re seeing ever
increasing variety of species visiting us; I lkie to think that  it is
starting to look like an oasis from the air, a good place to visit.
Well, gotta go to work, could hardly tear myself away from the show.
Leslie Fisher
Cecil Co.

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