In a message dated 97-05-11 18:18:52 EDT, you write:

<< Anybody have a clue how that grosbeak came to lay in such an
odd final resting place? >>

No clue, Debbie. I had a dead female Evening Grosbeak in my pond last year
but when I found a bullfrog in the very same pond a few days later, I figured
it out... However, I doubt a bullfrog could jump 10 feet off the
ground...they DO have very long back legs, though!

Maia