Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:56:29 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Lee-Ann Taylor Subject: Re: Cicada celebration MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Next year (2004) will be a big one for Magicicada, with 17-year Brood X expected to emerge throughout its large range, including the Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area. http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/magicicada/Periodical/Index.html A Purdue entomologist says "Birds and squirrels will feast on them during their emergence periods, but because of the huge numbers emerging, even animals engorging on them makes an insignificant dent in the population." http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/ppdl/hot02/Whats_Hot6-4-02.html More than you want to know about the cicadas, but not much about bird impacts. But also, it's not a good time (this or next) for planting saplings since they are the most impacted by egg-laying in tender wood. Thanks for the reminder. L A Taylor Bowie, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Pierce" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:26 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Cicada celebration > Listening to them just now reminded me that the 17-year variety should > be popping out next spring if my calculations are correct. I wasn't > paying attention last time - are there any interesting bird reactions > to look forward to? > > fdp > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com > Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com Mid > Atlantic Air Museum events: "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles" Sept. 20-21 > 2003 > http://www.maam.org/transhow.html and Avsim Conference Sept. 26-27 > www.avsim.com > *** World Airshow News - www.worldairshownews.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================