In a message dated 11/15/2002 1:23:05 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > OUR BIRD COUNTERS ARE GONE UNTIL NEXT YEAR, BUT LOTS OF BIRDS ARE STILL > FLYING THROUGH OUR AREA. > Twice in the last couple of weeks I've seen rough-legged hawks out here. Our winter birds are feasting on the seed I put out for them -- dark-eyed juncos; mountain chickadees; red-breasted nuthatches. They make loads of entertainment for our two cats, who sit in the family-room windows and watch the birds -- and they're loads of entertainment for us, too! Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr