2 1/2 hours later the feeding is still going on for some 100 robins. Only a couple of Bohemians left, but as a bonus I saw one Cedar Waxwing too. David Gulbenkian Crown Hill, Lakewood, Jeffco
On Friday, February 17, 2023 at 10:54:50 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > Starting around 9 I began seeing extraordinary Robin activity outside my > study window. > My honeysuckle berries were all gone, and there were only a couple of > dried pears > hanging on to my medium-sized pear trees, so I was puzzled why so many > were hanging > around. When the number perched just in one tree reached 40, I decided to > go out. I stepped out the door on the other side of the house to find the > walk heavily littered with droppings. Not the usual white splotch, but > dark brown and black stuff. What were they eating? > The great attraction turned out to be a large juniper next door. A > shoveled walk along side it and a large patch of snow-free grass were > packed with robins pecking the ground, and there were another 20 or 30 > birds in the trees. I wondered what had caused the juniper berries to > drop, but my neighbor affirmed that it was the mass of birds in the tree > that had knocked so many of the berries down. (The walk had been clear > last night.) > In addition to the birds actively feeding, there were robins in trees in > all directions-- we estimated 2-300 hundred robins. > It was thrilling to witness, but not having had any luck with Bohemian > Waxwings yet, I was feeling bad that so large a flock didn't have at least > a few. Then I saw them. They were all in the very top of the juniper, > none on the ground. Only about a dozen or less, but brilliantly lit up. > Great morning! > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/746f549f-9ca0-4ff4-b762-95f5bd2d3ff8n%40googlegroups.com.
