Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:32:14 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Shireen Gonzaga Subject: swallow questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Y'all, the other day, while speeding up I-83 towards the beltway just before dusk, I encountered a large swarm of swallows flying above the road. I was going too fast to try to identify them. (Birding and driving is almost as bad as drinking and driving.) Is this some sort of staging behavior? Do swallows gather in large groups before heading south? Do those large groups travel together? Thanks, Shireen -- Shireen Gonzaga Baltimore, MD whimbrel@home.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================