Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 22:52:34 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Janet Millenson Subject: Re: Migration Underway MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit After a hard winter like this one, it'll be interesting to see if migrants return from the south later than usual. But let's also try to notice if our winter visitors LEAVE at the normal time or not. (Since 1991 I've kept a daily sightings list for my yard, which helps me estimate when they typically depart.) Many flowering plants are "running late" this spring, so perhaps the birds will too. Janet Millenson Potomac, MD (Montgomery County) janet@twocrows.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Look at the birds!" -- Pascal the parrot ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================