Distracted by all the bird activity when I went out to fetch the mail, I 
ended up wandering the yard for 20 minutes like that kid in "Family Circus." 
The White-throated Sparrow was calling again, and a Red-breasted Nuthatch 
too. A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker clung to a tree about 15 feet away from a 
(resident) Pileated Woodpecker. Hmmm, I really should go outside more often.

Presumably the birds figured the heck with waiting for a cold front, it's 
early October already and time to get a move on.

Janet Millenson
Potomac, MD (Montgomery County)

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"Look at the birds!"-- Pascal the parrot