As a native, born in DC, which, as everyone knows, is a suburb of MD, it's
been my experience that it's the "transplants" who seem cause all the
trouble on the roads during inclement weather here :)

Seriously, as a sometimes hiking trip organizer, your first concern has to
be the welfare of the people whom you have "invited" to attend your outing
and may be put in harms way as a result.  Your second concern is to know for
a fact by canceling that someone (from Vermont?) isn't going to show up at
the gathering site and be waiting in 6-foot snowdrifts for the rest of the
group to gather.

Be a little more tolerant of us Frank, you'll soon see that we are well
adapted to our environment.  Also, since I live close enough to chuck a
snowball your way, be ever vigilant  :)

On a Feeder note:
Three WP species (Downey, Flicker, & Red-bellied) this morning and now
afternoon at the suet feeders
Lots of sparrows, mostly house, but also W-throated
W-crowned not seen today, but are around somewhere
H finches
Tufted T-mouse
Cardinals
B jays
And a rare (for me) Carolina Wren

Jim Speicher
Jspeicher-at-niaid.nih.gov
Rockville @work :(
Broad Run_S. FRED Co @home :)


Subject: Re Amused and Feeder Birds in S FRED Co
From: Frank Boyle <ravenfrank AT EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 05:00:49 -0500

Hello All
 
The recent string of mid-winter & other count postponements brings to mind
why I miss New England...