Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:36:14 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gerald & Laura Tarbell Subject: Re: Cicada celebration MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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." Sounds like a survival strategy to me. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================