Went to the parade in Pierz and after wended our way home to Brainerd thru various locations in Mille Lacs, Morrison and Crow Wing Counties. In about 4 hours of travel we saw only one Robin
-----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of jtanama...@comcast.net Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 1:14 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Robins and robins and robins (with a question added) 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" <tho...@angelem.com> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.71/2336 - Release Date: 08/31/09 05:50:00 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
