Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:15:22 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: OT: Cicada Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chris, I believe Grackles were a big user of the periodical cicadas 17 years ago. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Starling To: Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 7:40 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] OT: Cicada Question > Greetings, > > This is not a bird report but rather a question concerning this year's > return of the 17-year cicada. I was only 15 the last time this > happened and I wasn't a birder. How will this years phenomenon effect > birding? Could we expect an irruption of southern species like Kites? > Shrikes? ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================