Here in Scipio at the edge of forest above Owasco Lake I also saw and heard an unusual number (maybe 50 or so) of AMER. ROBINS at dusk in the trees and along the driveway; when they left they seemed to be headed north and into a snow squall. Never saw this behavior before in these conditions--wind strengthening from the NW. I'd like to hear more about this, too.
Eben McLane On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:54 PM, Susan Fast wrote: At 1615 this afternoon, I was driving down Dixon Rd. (N. of King Ferry), then turned west on Rafferty. I noticed a bunch of birds flying NORTH over the road, in the distance. Coming up to them, I noted they were AMER. ROBINS, so I stopped to watch. The sky was pretty much full of what turned out to be a long and wide straggling stream. They continued overhead for at least 8 minutes. The stream stopped, so I drove on to Rt. 90 and turned south. After a mile, the stream started again and continued till a couple miles south of the Triangle Diner, where I ran out of birds. I didn’t actually count them, but my conservative estimate is 3000. I thought they might be going to some preselected roost (following them was not an option today), but why so many this time of year? Constructive ideas welcomed. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
