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[Brenda Tekin <bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Monday, February 3

The January thaw has arrived at last -- not in January but the first 
weekend of February.  And with this much welcomed thaw where average high 
temperature during January in our part of Virginia was only 31 degrees, 
American Robin are arriving in great numbers.

This past Saturday my husband and I took a drive down through Prince George 
and Surry County's for a visit to Hog Island where we saw thousands upon 
thousands of robin, most feeding in the very wet, flat wide open 
fields.   At 8 a.m. this morning upon  arrival  at my office on central 
grounds at the University of Virginia the trees and ground were filled with 
them.   They are still moving through, some stopping and joining the chorus 
of  Song Sparrows.  A definite nice change from the cold, wintery days of 
January.

Brenda Tekin
Charlottesville, VA

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