This may not seem like a "big deal" to most back yard birders 
hereabouts, but the immature (probably female) Yellow-bellied 
Sapsucker that turned up on one of our peanut feeders about 6:15 p.m. 
this evening, and was still at the same feeder at 6:45, was the first 
of this species we've seen in our small Bethesda rear yard for more 
than SIX YEARS.

By golly, it's still here at 7:00 p.m. and eating ravenously.

That's what I love about this time of year -- the unexpected birds 
that turn up.  That and weather warm enough to fire up the hose pipe 
so as to wash the rich, thick mud of Riley's Lock Rd. off the car!!

Mike Bowen
Bethesda, MD

D.H. Michael Bowen
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda, MD  20817
Telephone: (301) 530-5764
e-mail:  dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom

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