At 10:25 AM 3/3/97 -0800, you wrote:
>
>I do not mind reports from Connecticut. It's a small state, how many
>birds could there be!
>
>I have had chickadees, red breasted nuthatches and pine siskins eat out
>of my hand.

>Douglas F. Daily
> ddaily at u.washington.edu
> University of Washington
> Nursing Payroll, Box 356153
> Seattle WA 98195
>

Doug,

I started birding in New Hampshire during the winter of 1977/78. My
neighbors suggested that I put up some bird feeders. I stood by my feeders
and had Black-capped Chickadees and Common Redpolls eating seeds out of my
hand. It was a cosmic experience like a bolt of lightening through my body.
I was an instant birder!

Denny Granstrand
Yakima, WA