Hello tweets:

I saw the first Rufous Hummingbird, a male, of the season in my yard today.

My personal records show the following for the month of March:

March 23/1987
9/88
25/90
19/91
20/92
21/93
2/94
16/95
19/96
17/97
28/98 - out of town earlier in month
21/99 - out of town earlier in month
17/2000

One of the Douglas's Squirrels is taking bedding material to the Norther
Flicker box. She can choose from carpet from an old cat-scratching tree or
from materials in the suetcake cage that contains hamster bedding, elk hair,
cat fur, dryer lint, string, human hair, and California un-processed cotton.
If I were to try to keep Eastern Gray Squirrels from my feeders, I would
miss the Douglas's Squirrels and flying squirrels that also come to feed.

Joyce Meyer
Woodinville, WA
MEYER2J at aol.com