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I've also noted that they flock, but I noticed it right after the
first brood fledged.  One day the male and female that had a brood of
4 under my porch roof were feeding 4 from the suet feeder and a day
later they were back with about 12 to 15 fledglings and I know not all
were theirs!  From that point on all for the rest of the spring and
summer you'd see small flocks of 15 or 30 on a lawn at one time. And
we noted that they'd all meet in the hundreds in the woods next to the
Cemetary every evening.  A communal"chat" I think, because the
whistles and squeeks were tremendous..


Lynda







On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:19:19 -0400, "russell marx"
<russell.marx@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>mutual protection is one reason, thirty or 50 pairs of eyes will see more
>than one. Starlings exhibit well developed flock defence against falcons as
>well. Another reason is probably better utilization of food resources. A
>third reason is that they are social beings like us and just like the
>company. It's a lonely world, especially when a bird is in unfamiliar
>territory or is young and inexperienced. Many mammals exhibit the same
>behavior for the same reasons.
> Shelly <Shelly@pathway.net> wrote in message
>news:7tspcc$fjc$0@63.70.173.63...
>> Can anyone tell me why starlings flock this time of year in Pa.?  It
>> seems to be for no earthly reason.  They don't seem to feed as a flock!
>> or do they and I am not seeing it?
>>
>> Shelly
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