Eleven American Robins have invaded our heated bird bath and I have never experienced such thirsty birds. They crowd around the bird bath and stay there dipping, sipping and pooping. I counted 20 dips by one bird before it caught movement and flew off. Granted, they do not take in a large quantity of water each time they dip into the water, lift their heads to swallow, but they take in enough so that the bird bath has to filled twice a day. The birds just continue to return to the water source. From their discharge, it looks like they are eating buckthorn, so I wonder if that is a contributing factor.
Tom Bell Grey Cloud Island 5868 Pioneer Rd. S. St. Paul Park, MN 55071 651-459-4150 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
