American Robin Winter Round-Up Reminder: February 11, 2003
Today's Report Includes:
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Carole in Mississippi
sent us this photo of a male winter robin |
A Few of This Week's Robin
Highlights
To whet your appetite for next week's report, when we announce the results
of the Robin Winter Round-Up,
here are a few of the recent sightings people have been sending us. Cold
weather and snow are keeping huge numbers of robins in the southern states,
but as usual, there are quite a few hiding out in the north, too.
- In Pittsburg, Kansas, Lynn Kosman noticed her first robins on February 8. She didn't see just one or two--she had about 200 in her 4-acre yard!
- Carole in Mississippi took photographs of a flock of wintering robins hopping about in a field.
- In Arlington, Virginia, "a chubby robin lit on a branch of the dogwood that drapes over our 2nd story deck," writes Wren Gurney.
- On a very snowy February 7 in Lexington, Massachusetts, one classroom at Bridge School had a treat! Teacher Pat Needham writes, "Outside our classrooom window we have a berry-laden tree. Today, since around 11 AM we have had approximately 50 robins flying in, landing, eating berries and resting. Most of the robins are huge with bellies in various shades of orange/red."
- And Journey North's own Elizabeth Howard looked out in Charlotte, Vermont, to see "Robins by the zillions! They're suddenly everywhere. On the driveway, in every tree, zooming in all directions, every which way with no apparent pattern. I'd estimate 200-300-400?? They're as far as I can see. Big snowflakes are also coming down so the air is full of flying & floating things."
Remember
that we're still collecting sightings for this year's Winter Robin Round-Up!
Make sure to report YOUR wintering robins! Click on the Owl Button at
the top of any Journey North page to report your own sightings and to
read the sightings of others. And watch for a full update next week.
Reminder: Please Report Migrating Earthworms!
Even though they only travel a few feet, earthworms undergo a "vertical" migration each spring after the ground thaws.
If earthworms have wriggled to the surface where you live, please let us know! We'll include a map and data with the March 4, 2003, Signs of Spring Update.
The Next Robin Migration Update Will Be Posted on February 18, 2003
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