Tom,

"Old Man," you call him? I've heard of people calculating their age in "dog 
years" -- does this mean birders will start saying things like, "In cardinal 
years, I'm only five"?


Janet Millenson
Potomac, MD (Montgomery County)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas H Beal" <>
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Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 11:22 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Old Man still around


|A male Cardinal banded in my yard in 2002, the bander said from his wing
| feathers he was probably born in 2000 or before, is still visiting the 
feeders.
|
| Tom  Beal
| Glenn Dale, MD PG  Co.
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