Lesile - Our Goldfinches are starting to show patches of yellow !!!! Another note: this is March -- Maryland has actually had first reports of returning Hummingbirds in late March! Isn't that exciting! Phil At 10:50 AM 03/06/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Hi All: >Looking out at the drabness of today, it is hard to reconcile that >spring is coming, but the birds are giving voice to the fact that it >really is so. It has been immensely cheering this past week to walk on >to the deck to be greeted by the song of house-finch, cardinal and >carolina wren. A pair of chickadees are also visiting the feeders >together, presumably they are thinking of setting up house in the not >too distant future. Hopefully they will not be sabotaged this year by >the arrival of the house wrens. >Leslie Fisher > ================================================ Phil Davis home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland USA work: PDavis@OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland USA ================================================