Date: 03/06/2007

Number: 1

A HUGE number of robins was reported to our office today by Everett
Yost, who lives in far NW Dane County in the town of Roxbury. He and
his grandkids were out sledding an hour before dusk last night when
they noticed what looked to them at first like bats flying and darting
near treetop level. As they continued to watch, the low sun lit and
intensified the birds' orange breasts as more and more came in to roost
along the creek, and they realized they were robins.

Mr. Yost estimated the numbers of robins to be in the TENS OF
THOUSANDS, similar to the large flocks of blackbirds he was more
familiar with. The birds were all coming from the west into the
vegetation along a small creek to roost for the night.

Contributed by Gene Tiser and the Madison Audubon Society

Roxbury, WI

Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -89.7

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