Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:02:10 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: Re: American Robins In-Reply-To: <003601c2de1a$7e71fa30$4be43144@D5D2MB11> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi -- I think there are definitely more robins around than normal winters (whatever "normal" is around here!). Everywhere I go (Maryland, D.C., Virginia) I see flocks flying overhead. To me this is noteworthy. Are these birds pushed down south by bad weather? Well, perhaps, but I note that the Maine RBA also mentions flocks of robins. Gail Mackiernan Colesville, MD gail@mdsg.umd.edu on 02/26/2003 11:41 PM, jackandjanet Powers at powersalex@COMCAST.NET wrote= : > I can't help but ask, did I see you today? >=20 > Robin, do you know whether the numbers being reported this year on the > Maryland and Virginia listservs are typical and I just haven't noticed it= ? Or > are the numbers greater this year. I got a private response about 50,000 > Robins being seen roosting in Amherst, Virginia in 1982, so maybe I'm jus= t not > aware of the numbers of Robins seen regularly around here in the winter? >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > ( =B0)> > /( )\ =A9=BF=A9=AC=20 > / \/ \ =20 >=20 > Jack Powers > Alexandria, VA, USA > powersalex@comcast.net > http://powersalex.homestead.com >=20 >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robin=20 > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 11:07 PM > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] American Robins >=20 >=20 > Because that's what Robins do in winter......they flock. When spring > comes, they disband and set up territories for nesting. >=20 > Robin (who does NOT flock) > Alexandria, VA >=20 > =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 >=20 > =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 >=20 =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 =========================================================================