Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 10:12:32 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Francine Nietubicz Subject: Re: Cicadas, Herons and Thrushes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i live very near the city line, just inside northern parkway near york ro= ad. during the last major eruption of 17 year cicadas we had zillions of them= - to the point where i swore to not live here 17 years down the line. now = that i am moving in a few months i was horrified to learn that they are coming back early. (actually, i think they are a fabulous phenonema but not muc= h fun to live among). anyway, i am happy to report that, last time notwithstanding, i have not heard or seen one this year. francine nietubicz ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================