They'll over-winter here, if they can find open water, usually in springs, and food sources like crab-apple, wild grape, buckthorn berries, hackberries, etc. Huge flocks of them spend the winter along the Mississippi and Minnesota River bottoms. They're a regular winter fixture at Crosby park in St. Paul, which has springs along the north side of the big lake, and a running stream exiting the east marsh. Linda
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Kristy Walker <k...@kristywalker.com> wrote: > The last couple of days I have been seeing a Robin on my deck. > > > > Has anyone else seen any Robins? I thought they would be long gone by now. > > > > Plus I have a Red Winged Blackbird too. > > > > Kristy > > > > From: mnbird-boun...@lists.mnbird.net > [mailto:mnbird-boun...@lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Betsy Beneke > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 2:29 PM > To: MOU-NET; mnbird > Subject: [mnbird] Sherburne birds > > > > Lots of American tree sparrows around the refuge today. Several northern > shrikes are being seen along county roads in the area. At the headquarters > feeder there have been purple finches, American goldfinches, a fox sparrow > and a rusty blackbird, along with the normal winter feeder birds. There was > a shrike harassing them several times this afternoon. No feathers flew that > I could see. > > > > Two tree swallows were flying up and down the river bank outside the office > for a while this afternoon - they're pretty late - haven't seen swallows for > nearly a month. > > > > Betsy Beneke > > Sherburne NWR > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnb...@lists.mnbird.net > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
