And in the Wayzata-Minnetonka area. Someone care to make a metro-wide estimate of numbers.? I'd guess in the hundreds of thousands. Most of the ornamental crab apples are gone here. Robins across the street are beginning on the sumac berries.
Jim Williams birding blog at www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/blogs/Wingnut.html On Apr 18, 2013, at 8:35 AM, Jim Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > They are stacked up all over in Southern Chisago county as well. Have been > for over a week! > > Jim > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM, linda whyte <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Either more Robins are on the move, or the more secretive ones that >> overwintered in river valleys have come out of seclusion to feed. My >> husband was stunned at the number of Robins he observed on Summit Avenue >> this morning. I was equally surprised at the size of a flock in the SE >> corner of Highland park this afternoon. They were clearly targeting >> Hackberry and Crabapple trees in both areas, as well as taking advantage of >> the softening ground. >> >> Bass Ponds had huge numbers of N. Shovelers and Teal (Blue-winged and a few >> Green-winged but alas, no Cinnamon) as well as Wood Duck and Mergansers, >> both Common and Hooded. The Great Blue Herons have been joined by a few >> Egrets at last. Raptors were well-represented, with Bald Eagle, 2 >> Red-tailed Hawks (one being harassed by a crow), a Kestrel, 2 N. Harriers, >> and a Cooper's Hawk on the nest. The Belted Kingfisher was fishing on the >> large pond that empties into the river, and the air above that water was >> thick with hunting Tree and Barn Swallows. At the shoreline, a couple of E. >> Phoebe and at least one Yellow-rumped Warbler, vied for insects, nearly >> colliding with me at one point. The Hermit Thrushes in the woods by the >> stream were no less intent on food---I hope everyone had sufficient success >> to withstand tomorrow's challenge. >> >> Linda Whyte >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > -- > Sincerely, > > Jim Ryan > Saint Paul's Westside > ---- > One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and > Nature shall not be broken. -* Leo Tolstoy* > > A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. - *Lucius Annaeus > Seneca* > ---- > > ---- > 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
