in addition to Dave's reports of spring activity you may have noticed
yesterday with the 65 degree weather there were a good number of killdeer
vocalizing in and over fields outside of Oxford built up area. Tom

At 10:37 AM 2/16/2005, David Russell wrote:
>Jill and I made a quick dash to Brookville this morning (she still didn't
>have Long-tailed Duck).  A couple ponds along hwy 27 that were clear
>yesterday had male Red-wing Blackbirds on territory this morning!  Two
>flocks of 30-40 Common Grackles were displaying and hanging out in the
>treetops.  I have seen two Sharpies in the last two days also.  Several
>hundred migrating coots were at Brookville (coots mass in very tight
>flocks, frequently in the middle of lakes during migration).  We also had
>a flock of coots in the middle of the lake at Acton near the dam this morning.
>In regards to Casey and his nmenonics--The title of the talk was supposed
>to be "The production and use of 'Potato Chip' and other obscure
>pneumonics" Where the use of the respiratory system (thus making
>pneumonics a clever and funny thing) was an important part of bird
>vocalization.  Unfortunately due to an editor with a quick delete button
>this was not the title printed thus making the talks title much more
>obscure and less witty!!!
>Dave