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| Migration
Update: April 6, 2010 |
Please
Report
Your Sightings! |
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are entering southeast Alaska now, and even beginning to sing. When do
you predict they'll reach interior Alaska where students are watching
and waiting? Look at records from the past decade, then enter the "Early
Bird Contest" and send us your guess!
This
Week's Report Includes:
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Image
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| The
Migration: What's
Happening Now & What to Watch For |
What's
Happening Now
From south to north, observers are watching robins
in various stages of migration and nesting:
- At
latitude 42 N in Michigan,
an observer watched a robin carrying dried grasses to a tree,
a sure sign that the nesting season is underway.
- At
latitude 44 N in Ontario,
female robins were arriving in waves on Sunday. "It was a
great day for male robins. The females were landing in masses,"
wrote an observer.
- At
latitude 50 N in Saskatechewan,
the first robins were just beginning to sing on Saturday: "I
walked outside to hear the robins tuning up the band!"
- At
latitude 59 N in southeast Alaska,
robins seem to have arrived almost suddenly and are everywhere
now says Pam Randles of Haines High School. What's more: "On
a pretty Easter morning, I stepped outside to the song of a robin."
- At
latitude 60 N in Yukon,
"We haven’t seen any robins yet," Bruce Bennett
wrote from Whitehorse.
- At
latitude 64 N in interior Alaska:
"No robins yet. The snow is melting in earnest, however,
so it won't be long!!" wrote Mr. Moore from North Pole.
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Photo:
Wayne Kryduba
A
female robin carries mud to make her nest. |
What
to Watch For
Predict when the first robins will reach interior Alaska!
At
latitude 62 north in Shageluk, Alaska, students
at Innoko River School officiate Journey North's "Early
Bird Contest."
"No sign of the 'gah-non-da-doy' (robins) yet. We're still
locked in snow and ice here, but the sky starts getting light
now at 6:00 am and the sunset is around 9:00 pm," wrote teacher
Joy Hamilton on Monday.
Early
Bird Contest: Send Your Prediction!
When do you predict robins will arrive, based on the
records students have keep for the past decade? Explore
this link to do your research:
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Watching
for the early bird at latitude 62N.
'Gah-non-da-doy'
means 'robin' in the Athabascan language Deg Xinag. |
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Please
Report Your Sightings! |
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Robins
migrating in
Waves
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Your
first sighting of Earthworms |
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Wayne
Kruyduba
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Next Robin Migration Update Will Be Posted on April 13, 2010.
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