My first spring sighting of a Red-winged Blackbird in Norwich village for this year was of a male repeatedly singing this morning (March 6) in a tree top high above the front yard of a recently demolished house on Elm Street. Later, this afternoon, a male Red-wing, conceivably the same individual, was feeding while on the snow beneath one of my backyard sunflower seed feeders. (My earliest spring record for Red-wings in Norwich was on February 21, 1998, when 4 males were seen.) Also this afternoon (March 6), a flock of 8 Bohemian Waxwings was seen along Hopson Road between its intersections with Beaver Meadow Road and Brookside Lane. Yesterday (March 5) afternoon here in Norwich village, one Pine Grosbeak was feeding while on the snow beneath another of the sunflower seed feeders in the backyard. Also present yesterday in the backyard was a White-throated Sparrow, presumably a wintering individual and perhaps one of the two White-throats seen together here in the backyard on February 10. George George Clark Norwich, VT **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************