It's not necessarily just southern Minnesota. I have seen several robins
around Itasca County this December. Generally it's unusual for me to find even
one. We've also had an extraordinary number of Cedar Waxwings staying north
this year--many times the usual number. Bohemian Waxwings and Pine Grosbeaks
have only trickled down so far.
Crabapples, mountain ash, and other fruiting trees and shrubs put on a lot of
fruit this year. Could this be the factor keeping all of these birds farther
north this winter? Shawn Conrad
http://users.2z.net/itasca_chippewa_birding/ > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008
22:24:50 -0600> From: [email protected]> Subject: [mou-net] Overwintering
Robins in southern MN> To: [email protected]> > It appears that there is a
massive overwintering effort by American > Robins in southern MN this winter. I
have been seeing several flocks > daily in the Mankato/St. Peter area (total
probably around several > hundred birds), and they seem to be just as common in
the Twin Cities > judging from the CBC results I've seen thus far. There are
usually > several locations in southern MN each winter that attract >
overwintering robins, but so far this winter the robins are literally >
everywhere.> > My question is this: is this something new, or have there been
similar > overwintering efforts in the past?> > If you have any relevant
information about this, please share! Thanks.> > Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County> >
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