Gayle,
   For the record, was your Saw-whet Owl seen or heard?  Thank you.

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD

 
---- Bach-Watson Associates <> wrote: 
> Hughes Hollow on Friday 21 Jan 05
> Crystal blue skies, not a hint of what was to come.
> much of the marsh was frozen solid
> 
> I walked all the way in to the back field - incredibly lovely
> 
> The very first birds I saw - 5 American Robins
> 
> Northern Cardinal
> Tufted Titmouse
> Whiter-Throated Sparrow
> Turkey Vulture
> Carolina Chickadee
> Downy Woodpecker
> Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
> Pileated Woodpecker
> Yellow-Rumped Warbler
> Carolina Wren
> American Crow
> Field Sparrow
> Swamp Sparrow
> Red Shouldered Hawk
> White-Breasted Nuthatch
> Saw-Whet Owl
> 
> As I came back out to the road the last group of birds
> was a flock of 20 -25 Eastern Bluebirds swooping
> and playing over the road.
> 
> Blessings
> Gayle
> 
> ~
> Rev. Gayle Bach-Watson, UCC
> 4405 Molesworth Terrace,
> Mt. Airy, Maryland  USA
> 
> Home: 301-831-3874
> Cell: 301-367-9306
> 
> If I keep a green bough in my heart, 
> the singing bird will come.
> Chinese Proverb
> 
> A bird does not sing because it has an answer. 
> It sings because it has a song.
> Chinese Proverb