At 20:35 20/4/98 -0700, you wrote:
(snip)
>Finally, as I trekked up the hill back home, there was a sleek and singing
>male BROWN-HEADED cowbird, the first I've seen this season. There are
>already lots of Starling and House sparrow nests for the cowbirds to
>"share."
>

Oh, if only that were true. Unfortunately, cowbirds rarely parasitize House
Sparrows because they build a covered nest and cowbirds prefer open nests.
Same goes for the starlings and other cavity nesters.

Cheers,
Deb


Deb Beutler
Department of Zoology
P.O. Box 644236
Washington State University
Pullman (Whitman Co.), WA 99164-4236
dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu