Date: 03/09/2000

Number: 1

Robins have already made their appearance north of the border in the Belleville area just north of Lake Ontario (Lat. 44.1N Long 77.3W). I saw my first this year on Monday 06 March at 1210 EST: it was on the road, standing, and scuttled off to the side as I approached in my vehicle. It didn't take flight until it reached the gravel shoulder. I heard my first on Thursday morning, 09 March, at 0745 as I was leaving for work. So far, I have see no wave; however, in nearly a half century of bird watching I can't say I've ever seen anything approaching a "wave" in this area. (Occasionally I see pairs or rarely trios, but I don't consider these to be waves).
Also FYI, we've had a very warm spring -- it warmed up to higher than normal temps by mid February around here, and in most of Southern Ontario; in fact, on Wed and Thurs. of this past week, we set record highs (Toronto set one around 70F on Thursday). Generally speaking, around this part of Ontario the robins and redwings appear

Madoc, ON

Latitude: 44.5 Longitude: -77.5

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