--- "Robert Z. Norman" wrote: In the birding I've done locally in the past 40 years I have never seen nor heard one, and I have seen very few reports of people near here seeing or hearing one. Did it used to be more common? --- end of quote --- Bob, It was less common. Until about twenty yers ago we were well above its northern limit. I used to see them in North Carolina with regularity. In 1975 I was very excited to see one in Saxtons River, VT (fifty miles south of here) and then to begin to read of other sightings getting closer. Mike **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************