Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:52:53 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Janet Millenson Subject: No crow roost yet MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yesterday evening I was in Rockville at sunset, across from the longtime crow roosting site at Montrose Rd. and Executive Blvd. Only a small group of three calling crows flew by. Autumn is definitely in the air but the roost hasn't formed yet for the season. It would be interesting to know the dates that large groups of crows usually start converging on this location (mid-October?) and when they typically abandon it in the spring (mid-March??). 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================