My apologies for replying to the whole dang list when I should have 
backchanneled.
Done that a couple of times when I've been really tired.

I should at least mention one bird, shouldn't I, but I haven't had time
to see much, except for a red-tail circling in the dawn sky at
6:45 this morning. I don't think I've ever seen one soaring that early. Only
a couple of weeks ago it was dark enough that an owl flew in front
of the car. I had only a glimpse, but it wasn't very big, so I assume a screech
owl. On the way home today I saw a perched red tail with a
very dark, complete, and beautiful belly band.


--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato