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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01CCEC0E.23D1EFC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Dickcissel continues to hang out with the flock of House Sparrows in = my back yard - last seen this afternoon. The House Sparrows are showing = more and more courtship behaviour. It will be interesting to see how = long the Dickcissel stays around this flirtatious crowd. A seventh Baltimore Oriole arrived on February 3, and all 7 are still = present and doing well despite the cold nights. Oriole #6, which = arrived in starving condition Jan. 30, was in good condition within a = week. As I saw this morning, his recovery has been supported by double = rations of mealworms. Because he's a very bright male, and was = desperate and aggressive when he first arrived, the other orioles seem = unwilling to enter a feeding cage with him, so he's eating the worms = that I'm providing for 2 orioles to share. The number of adult male Brown-headed Cowbirds in the yard rose to 3 on = February 4, but is back down to 2 since Saturday, Feb. 11. The Song Sparrows in the yard have been singing their full spring = breeding songs for over 2 weeks now. The Cowbirds are also "singing".=20 Cheers, Susann Myers ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01CCEC0E.23D1EFC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.17107" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Dickcissel continues to hang out = with the flock=20 of House Sparrows in my back yard - last seen this afternoon. The = House=20 Sparrows are showing more and more courtship behaviour. It will be = interesting to see how long the Dickcissel stays around this flirtatious = crowd.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A seventh Baltimore Oriole arrived on = February 3,=20 and all 7 are still present and doing well despite the cold = nights. Oriole=20 #6, which arrived in starving condition Jan. 30, was in = good condition=20 within a week. As I saw this morning, his recovery has=20 been supported by double rations of mealworms. Because = he's a=20 very bright male, and was desperate and aggressive when he = first=20 arrived, the other orioles seem unwilling to enter a feeding cage with = him, so=20 he's eating the worms that I'm providing for 2 orioles to=20 share.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The number of adult male Brown-headed = Cowbirds in=20 the yard rose to 3 on February 4, but is back down to 2 since Saturday, = Feb.=20 11.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Song Sparrows in the yard have = been=20 singing their full spring breeding songs for over 2 weeks now. The = Cowbirds are also "singing". </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Susann Myers</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01CCEC0E.23D1EFC0--
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