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From: priag@ESD.3Com.COM (Pria Graves)
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Subject: Re: Killdeer question
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Date: 15 Jan 91 01:03:03 GMT
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In-reply-to: donnak@sco.COM's message of 6 Jan 91 04:57:39 GMT

I heard a reasonable conjecture about why all the killdeer are 
flocking to the cities:  the field insects they normally feed on in the 
north bay have been killed by the cold.  They are trying desperately to 
find enough to eat in the warmer suburban and coastal areas.  Let's just
hope they make it until the insect population recovers!