This morning (March 24) a male Brown-headed Cowbird was in the backyard here in Norwich village along with a mixed species flock of a few dozen birds including European Starlings, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Common Grackles. This was my first sighting of a cowbird in Norwich this year and thus an additional sign of spring. (My earliest ever spring sighting of this species in Norwich was of two individuals here at the house on March 8 in 2004.) 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 ****************************************************************