When I volunteered at the MOU Booth at the Fair on Saturday evening, there were a couple of questions from the public about whether the robins had already migrated since they seem pretty scarce lately. We assured people that they were still around but that their feeding habits had perhaps made them harder to see.
Yesterday afternoon, my husband and I were walking across the Stone Arch Bridge in Mpls. We saw 100+ robins, both mature and juveniles, near the southeast Mpls. end of the bridge. We have often encountered robins along the "Mississippi Mile" in that vicinity during the cold season. I'd be interested in why they are flocking together now so far before the beginning of freeze-up. Anyone have any ideas? Jeanne Tanamachi Lauderdale MN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Maiello" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 9:59:55 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [mou-net] Robins and robins and robins Have had an impressive wave of robins all morning. Over half are immature. Numbers are hard to estimate but perhaps 30-40 with an occasional Blue Jay mixed in. I have not had any robins all summer nor jays. The Cooper's family was calling again this morning also after a brief respite of a week or two. Have had several warbler waves over the last week but the fair has been distracting as of late. The hardest part of robin waves is my compulsion to check out each one to make sure I don't miss a lifer Varied Thrust. Some have been close but nothing to claim. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
