Outside my back door today, I heard what sounded like a great number of birds in a cedar tree. As soon as I looked up to find the source, a huge flock of several hundred? birds erupted from the tree and flew over the house to the trees across the street. Once they settled again, they were backlit and so far away that the binos I had handy were not sufficient to ID the birds although they looked to be the size of a warbler and light in color. I now find that none of my books talk much about flocking behavior and which birds travel in large flocks during fall. If someone could narrow down the possibilities, this amateur could perhaps figure it out!

Dayna Yalowicki
North Bothell
Dlwicki at frontier.com