Date: 02/03/2003

Number: 1

Within the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario quite a number (few hundred) of Robins will hang around until late November (winter is usually in full force by the first week of November) and some will remain the entire winter(feeding on mountain-ash berries, rosehips, crabapple, etc). Since January 1, 2003 there have been about 10 reports of Robins in the area. The last report for the city was yesterday of a male feeding on mountain-ash berries in a residential area with a group of Cedar Waxwings.

I was out snow-shoeing, 45 minutes (car ride) north of the city, yesterday at Pancake Bay Provincial Park and observed an alert, bright male Robin flying from tree top to tree top chasing a male Red Crosbill (very odd).
The habitat in this area is Conifer Mixedwood Forest (White Spruce, White Pine, Red Pine, Balsam Fir, White Birch, some Yellow Birch and Aspen) for as far as the eye can see.

Forest Ecologist / Ecologiste forestier
Canadian Forest Service / Service canadien des Forest

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Latitude: 46.3 Longitude: -84.2

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