Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:08:02 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "D.H. Michael Bowen" Subject: Re: Robin flight over Bethesda Comments: cc: Rob Hilton In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Rob and MDOspreyers: There have been hundreds of Robins flying around Bethesda for the past couple of weeks. When last it was mild and the grass unfrozen (was that only two weeks ago, seems longer?!) the Robins were going for earthworms. I remember that there were hundreds on the grassy fields of Landon School, off Wilson Lane, around Christmas. Now that all is frozen and/or snow covered, they're cruising around, looking for berries. This morning I was doing business in downtown Bethesda and a flock of about 50 was devouring berries from some ornamental trees just west of Wisconsin Avenue. Passers-by seemed oblivious; so did the Robins, who were clearly ravenous. Yesterday, a flock of 20 stopped by briefly in our backyard to bathe in our heated bird bath. A number of my Bethesda non-birding friends and neighbors have called to ask what's going on. Is spring just around the corner, they ask? I tell them unfortunately the answer is probably no. They are generally surprised to hear that there are large flocks of Robins around every winter, not just this one. Mike Bowen At 11:38 AM 1/17/03 -0500, you wrote: >This morning I have noticed about 75 American Robins from my office >window. All of them are flying from east to west. Has anybody noticed >robin movements since the snowfall ended? > >Rob Hilton >Bethesda, MD >rhilton@csa.com > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= D. H. Michael Bowen, Ph.D. Consulting Services for Technical and Professional Organizations 8609 Ewing Drive Bethesda, MD 20817 Tel./Fax.: 301-530-5764 e-mail: dhmbowen@yahoo.com web: http://www.consultants-consortium.com/DHMichaelBowen.html ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================