Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 11:00:55 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Lydia Schindler Subject: West Nile MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, Ospreyers-- Lots of people have the impression of decreases in bird populations, likely tied to West Nile. Does anyone have a handle on any numbers? Did any trends emerge from the Christmas Counts? Any early findings from the Great Backyard Bird Count? Researchers met earlier this month in Edgewater, MD, but focused on sorting out priorities: http://www.audubon.org/news/press_releases/smithsonian.html#TopOfPage Lydia Schindler Darnestown ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================