I forwarded the email to my daughter who has a large shrub in milwaukee.
Here is her reply. Still trying, after all these years, to get my kids
sucked into birding. Bob obrien
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From: Rose Christiansen <rose4278@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, January 16, 2017
Subject: beauty berries
To: Robert O'Brien <baro@xxxxxxx>
Cc: JohnChristiansen <bruceyeats@xxxxxxxxx>
I just made the comment yesterday that we had a ton of robins in the front
yard. Not a berry left on our bush.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 16, 2017, at 9:55 AM, Robert O'Brien <baro@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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From: A Duston <aeduston@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2017
Subject: [obol] Springfield Robin movement
To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have 2 Beautyberry shrubs, one of which is quite tall. Every January,
particularly after a couple of hard frosts, I get a flock of robins coming
through, and poof the lovely purple berries are gone. The robins were here
yesterday and the day before. Not a berry on either shrub now.
Anne in far East Portland
Msg: #4 in digest
From: Vjera Thompson <nemesisquail@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 07:41:33 -0800
Subject: [obol] Springfield Robin movement
OBOLers,
I just did my normal walk from the bus station in downtown Springfield to
my nearby work. It was cold (below freezing), still dark, and very foggy.
In the 13 minutes I spent outside walking about half a mile, I had 5 flocks
of ROBINS, around 20-40 birds each, heading mostly west, low enough I could
see them. I heard others that were higher and not visible.
This is not normal for this location. And a fun way to start my morning!
Vjera Thompson
Eugene, OR
nemesisquail@xxxxxxxxx
or vireogirl@xxxxxxxxx
