[birdky] Re: Robin eating rodent - not KY
- From: Millie <kymillie@xxxxxxx>
- To: "tyson9152@xxxxxxxxxx" <tyson9152@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 22:18:12 -0400
This is interesting. My husband and I have driven out west about 25 times. We
cannot remember ever seeing a robin out there, no matter where we were.
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> On Aug 1, 2014, at 9:49 PM, "Debby & Steve Tyson" <tyson9152@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> This reminds me of an experience I had in July 2008. My brother and I
> backpacked to the continental divide, in the Weminuche Wilderness, in SW
> Colorado. Late one day, we staggered (yes, staggered) to a lakeside
> campsite, in a treeless alpine meadow, near 13,000 feet. There were amazing
> flowers and rotting snow all around and I was dying to see the exotic alpine
> birds. Imagine the shock when the first bird we saw was an American Robin
> that flew past and landed on a nearby snow pile. You never know what to
> expect from a Robin.
> Stephen Tyson, Schochoh, Logan Co., KY
>
>
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> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 8:38 PM
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> Subject: [birdky] Robin eating rodent - not KY
>
> I just returned from a backpacking trip in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming
> (where I saw some interesting high-elevation birds), but one of the stranger
> sights was an American Robin we saw hopping along the trail in front of us
> who seemed to be struggling with a large prey item. We stopped to watch as
> the bird put his prey on the ground and pecked at it…my initial thought was
> “wow, that must be a really huge caterpillar.” Then I got a good look
> through binoculars and discovered Mr. Robin had himself a small mouse or
> shrew…a little gray animal with four little paws and a long tail.
>
> Has anyone seen this behavior before? Would a robin kill a rodent, or just
> be lucky enough to happen upon one that was already dead?
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