Date: 02/10/2007

Number: 1

My wife and I were traveling to Iowa City for an appointment on Feb. 10, 2007 from Sioux City. We had just left I-29 and were driving east on I-680. We stopped at the first rest area and were walking up towards the building. My wife commented on "all the birds". I looked up and saw literally hundreds and hundreds of robins, populating a large tree. They were a noisy lot for robins; flying here and there; but returning always to the tree. I wondered why they were here. The rest area set high on a bluff and it was bitterly cold and very windy. I did not know what kind of tree it was, but there appeared to be some small berries on it that the birds were ravenously eating. I was amazed at their presence since I had always assumed that robins migrated south, and I was amazed that there were so many. Seeing those robins on such a miserable day was surprisingly refreshing.

Missouri Valley, IA

Latitude: 41.6 Longitude: -95.9

Observed by: Richard
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