[wisb] Re: 13,000+ American Robins - Bayfield Co.
- From: Ryan Brady <ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:13:25 -0600
Hawk Ridge in Duluth had nearly 40,000 robins this same day, the second highest
single-day count in MN state history.
Ryan Brady
Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
> From: ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ashlandbirders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: 13,000+ American Robins - Bayfield Co.
> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 12:39:41 -0600
>
>
> With umpteen days of south winds I had forgotten what a good migration looked
> like. But this morning I was treated to a most memorable reminder as I
> counted 13,836 American Robins migrating south over my house near Washburn
> between 7:15 and 10:15am. Duluth's radar was majorly lit up last night
> (http://tinyurl.com/3t9vyht) but I was discouraged a bit at daybreak when a
> line of showers to the north basically shielded the migration to my northwest
> (http://tinyurl.com/3zotqxj). Or so I thought. When I got out in the yard the
> sky was full of migrating robins - masses of birds constantly streaming by,
> in every direction, at every height, both along the lakeshore and inland, but
> all headed south-southwest. Most flocks were 100-300 birds thick and I
> counted by 10s, 25s, or 50s, clearly missing many as it was impossible to
> keep up with all the action. I've never seen anything like it aside from some
> days at Hawk Ridge in Duluth. We'll see how many they end up tallying there
> today - it could be record-setting.
>
>
> Otherwise, I was actually surprised there weren't too many other birds also
> moving en masse. Decent numbers of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, many DARK-EYED JUNCOS,
> and fair showing of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS but little else in any significant
> volume. No complaints here though - I never had so much fun counting robins.
>
>
>
> Ryan Brady
> Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
> http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
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