Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:05:10 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jason Waanders Subject: Not quite a bird MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday at about 3:20 pm I saw something reddish-brown with rather = pointed wings and odd jerky wingbeats flying outside my 5th floor = windown in NW DC. I was stumped for a second until I realized that = despite the time of day, it was a bat!=20 Judging by the postings over on VA-Birds, there were actually quite a = lot of people who had the same experience yesterday. There are = apparently some species that will come out on warm winter days, and = apparently yesterday brought out quite a few. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================