--- Elizabeth Maislen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I cannot believe my eyes but we have a bluebird at our house sitting right in our crab apple tree!!!! Wait, there's now a pair of them!!!! I've got a photo. We rarely see them in the spring here and they appear in the middle of a blizzard? Made my day! Betsy Maislen Norwich, VT --- end of quote --- A few years ago, when there was pretty deep snow everywhere, I was scanning a farm field in Thetford looking for Snow Buntings when I saw a "mystery bird" perched atop a farm building. It was a female Eastern Bluebird, but it took me a few minutes to realize what I was looking at because it seemed so incongruous with the snow-blanketed midwinter landscape. David Webb Hanover **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************