Holly, My guess is that they're all backed up in their normal migration pattern northward because of winter hanging on so long. So no, I don't recall seeing this many robins hanging around for so long. Maybe others will have another viewpoint.
Jim On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Holly Myhre <[email protected]>wrote: > Is it common for there to be this many Robins or is this year unusual? > Holly :) > > > > > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:14:32 -0500 > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Robin Hordes in St. Paul/Bass Ponds today > > To: [email protected] > > > > Robins are eating sumac berries in Roseville also. > > > > Bob Holtz > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim > > Williams > > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:47 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Robin Hordes in St. Paul/Bass Ponds today > > > > 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 > > > > ---- > > 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 > -- 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
