The yard birds were in full song this Sat morning.  The very vocal pre-dawn 
(6:45 a.m.) chorus included N. Cardinals, Dark-eyed Juncos and White-
throated Sparrows.  Within the hour, woodpeckers, White-breasted 
Nuthatches, chickadees, titmice, towhees, etc all joined in.  A single Red-
breasted Nuthatch is still around, and that Brown Thrasher is still feeding 
regularly.  At 8:30 a.m., an Eastern Phoebe joined the crowd with its volume 
(and song repetition) cranked up to 10.  It really sounded like Spring stepping 
outside this morning.

Rick Cheicante
Harford County
Bel Air, MD