Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 18:49:15 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: jackandjanet Powers Subject: American Robins MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Sorry for the cross-posting, but from the postings this phenomenon = appears to be regional. Out of my window at work today, in the Del Ray = section of the City of Alexandria, I watched from 100-200 American = Robins in trees, on buildings and on gutters of homes. They were = flitting back and forth, very active. =20 I've never seen that many Robins in one place before. Is there = something going on to bring that many Robins together? Certainly not = Spring...yet. I've seen postings on MDOsprey lately of large flocks of = Robins, but not any answers to why they are together in such large = numbers. Anyone? Happy Snow Birding, ( =B0)> /( )\ =A9=BF=A9=AC =20 / \/ \ =20 =20 Jack Powers Alexandria, VA, USA=20 powersalex@comcast.net http://powersalex.homestead.com =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 =========================================================================