Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 08:11:49 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marcus James Subject: Re: Robin flight over Bethesda In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hello Fred I was wondering if flocks know where they're going, and is 'somebody' in charge when on Wed., January 15th I saw a very, very large flock of starlings flying to the west. That was definately a flock which must of had a few thousand birds in it, all flying in the same direction. How did they decide, "We're going here." Are they all really together, or did all the birds decide to go to the same place at the same time. --- Fred Pierce wrote: > 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 > ======================================================================= __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================