I'm reasonably sure that a pair of Blue Grosbeaks have a nest in a ragweed patch beside some of my hay rolls and have young that have hatched in the last couple of days. The reason I'm so sure is because I spent some time loitering in the area Sunday morning trying to discover the identity of a sparrow I had recently flushed from the meadow near the hay rolls with the tractor. The sparrow turned out to be a Song Sparrow with a nest between 2 hay rolls, but no Grosbeaks were seen that day, although a male was singing from a tree some distance off. Today both parents perched close by and the female held a bug in her beak waiting for me to leave. She must have been still sitting on her eggs the other day or I would have seen her then. The Dickcissels exhibit similar behavior along a certain strip of the pathway through the back meadow. Frank Lyne frank@xxxxxxxxxxx near Dot in Logan County ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx