>>If you wait until March 21 to put up your feeder, you'll
>>have missed the peak for hummingbirds, swallows and (I
>>think) Turkey Vultures: the three species by which I have
>>gauged the arrival of spring for the last 27 years.
>
>That's some feeder you have. I can see how you could pull the Turkey
>Vultures in with a cow carcass, but how do get those swallows? I find it
>hard to keep the gnats tied up so the swallows can grab them without
getting
>tangled in the gnat leashes.
>
> Kelly Cassidy
> Seattle


Kelly, I read your post and had to run or I'd be sitting in a puddle ! I'm
subscribed to half-a-dozen lists (different topics from each other) but
this is the only one where people consistently display a "different point
of view" and many times it's the only laugh coming my way in any day.
Thank you !

Toni Hawryluk
Seattle
tonihawr at email.msn.com