How about using a large butterfly net to catch a Chickadee?  I got a
very surprised hummingbird once that way!  (OK, I was trying to catch
dragonflies.  What can I say?  The dragonflies were large, the
hummingbirds were small....)

June Tveekrem
Columbia, Howard County, MD



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Ellis" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 5:43 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Northern/Boreal Species


>I may have missed it, but I don't think anyone has reported
> Black-capped Chickadee here in the east of MD this winter.
>
> I hesitate to report that I had a chickadee at my feeder on
> Monday with a lot of white in the folded primaries, looked
> big-headed, and the corners of the black bib looked squared off
> rather than coming to a point.  I thought "Black-capped
> Chickadee!".  I have not heard it yet, and have not had a chance
> to feeder-watch since that day.
>
> When I reported my sighting at our recent Carroll County Bird
> Club meeting, Bob "J.J. Audubon" Ringler suggested "Bring us a
> specimen."
>
> So I have dusted off my trusty shotgun, loaded it with really
> tiny bird shot, and was planning to bag this bird today.  Then I
> thought, maybe one of those net cannons used by Patuxent to
> capture scoters would work.  I could capture the bird, take
> photos, then release it in George's yard.  Almost as good as an
> Evening Grosbeak, right George?
>
> Bill Ellis
> Not kidding about the sighting,
> but my plans are tentative.
> Eldersburg
> Carroll County