Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 10:55:26 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Re: Robin flight over Bethesda In-Reply-To: <004301c2be89$095fb760$6401a8c0@HERKY> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Has anybody figured out how nomadic (or is there a different term?) flocks like that figure out who's in charge, i.e. how do they decide where they're going? Also with the mixed feeding groups - chickadees, t-mice etc. - is there a mixed-species hierarchy or is it a "group mind" thing? Is that too many questions? fdp -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com ** Mid Atlantic Air Museum WWII Weekend Airshow June 6-8 2003 - www.maam.org/maamwwii.html ** *** World Airshow News - www.worldairshownews.com ** --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding > [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On Behalf Of George M. Jett > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 7:32 PM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Robin flight over Bethesda > > > Rob > For the last several days I have had large (~1000 Robins) flocks around my > house. I keep hoping to see a Western Tanager in the group but not yet. > The flock goes northwest in the AM and returns the opposite > direction in the > PM. Maybe I will track them to see where they are roosting. > George > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hilton, Rob" > To: > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 11:38 AM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Robin flight over Bethesda > > > 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 > ======================================================================= > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================