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In a message dated 5/12/2005 3:12:22 PM US Eastern Standard Time, tanistanis@hotmail.com writes:

> "nest" of 
> many small larvea which alarmed me by their numbers.  Before I could ID them 
> the ground-feeding birds (like tohees, maybe) scratched up the duff and ate 
> them.  Never found out if these worms were something beneficial or harmful 
> for my plantings, but they sure benefited the tohee.


Do you mean Towhee, as in Rufous Sided Towhee or Green Tailed Towhee?

Rufus Sided is a beautiful bird with an equally beautiful early morning song.