Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:04:36 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Yard Birds Today Comments: To: SMAS Comments: cc: Miliff@aol.com, blkvulture@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks Yard birds today for the Waldorf property: Black Vulture - 3 on the roof - really. Turkey Vulture - 1 one on the deck - really. 6 others in the yard. = Must be the suet feeders. I put some beef suet on the drive for them. = Between the hawks, crows, and vultures it did not take long for it to be = gone. Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 - they took the first suet parts after they had = the gizzards. Sharp-shinned Hawk - hunting at dawn - 1 Ring-billed Gull - 1 adult overhead. Maybe I should have been watching = the sky more. Mourning Dove - 20 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 male Downy Woodpecker - 6 Hairy Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - 1=20 Pileated Woodpecker - 1 Blue Jay - 6 - the numbers are down today American Crow - 10 Carolina Wren - 6 Tufted Titmouse - 2 White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Carolina Wren - 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 feeding in the Loblolly Pine. Hermit Thrush - 1 probably getting sunflower seeds. American Robin - 6 =20 European Starling - 20+ Cedar Waxwings - 3 Eastern Towhee - 1 male White-throated Sparrow - 20+ Dark-eyed Junco - ~100 Northern Cardinal - 12 Common Grackle ~ 300 Rusty Blackbird - 30+ I am watching this flock for something better. = They have been around for awhile. Red-winged Blackbird - 1 male House Finch - 25 American Goldfinch - 35 Tomorrow morning could be busy. Get up early, make sure the feed is = out, and enjoy. George =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================