Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 10:56:16 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Heffernan Subject: Saturday morning sightings MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Took the screens out of the windows to get a better view outside through the winter. Immediately had an immature Cooper's Hawk fly in and perch just above the feeders. Went to get my binocs (which were in the car, of course) when the Cooper's took off to my side yard and dove into the tangle of vines. Reasonably sure it got a Mourning Dove for breakfast. It was making sounds that were Accipiter like while moving about on the ground deep in the tangles. Turned around and had three Pileated Woodpeckers fly into the dead snags at the top of the trees in my front yard. Having never seen 3 Pileateds together before, I have to ask, "Could this be a family group?" Not bad for a lazy Saturday morning at home. Kevin Heffernan Ellicott City kjheff@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================