[TN-Bird] Re: Robin roost, Lewis County
- From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:55:00 -0600
My Grandmother lived in Texas during the great depression and she told me
that they went to Robin roosts at night and used long sticks to knock as
many birds down as they thought they could eat. Let's hope no one tries
this at the Piney Creek roost.
Jesse Livingston
Troy, TN
> Tracking down the Robin roost in Lewis County this evening (12/30/08)
> proved to be quite easy. Just follow the birds. It is focused along
> Piney Creek a couple of miles east of downtown Hohenwald, in a small
> neighborhood right along the creek and the road. Locals say the
> birds have been there for about 3 weeks. It is very impressive
> watching them come into the roost in the evening, needless to say.
> The large majority of the birds were Robins, with blackbirds,
> waxwings, and starlings as minor components. Estimating numbers is
> rough; for the Robins I mostly tried to estimate the rate of new
> arrivals per second and multiply by time. Since I couldn't see all
> avenues of approach I rounded the Robin estimate up a bit. My
> guesses as to the total numbers of birds coming into the roost, from
> 4:10 p.m. until all were settled in about 5:15 p.m.:
>
> American Robin: 500,000
> Starling: 5000
> Cedar Waxwing: 300
> Rusty Blackbird: 300
> Common Grackle: 2000
> Brown-headed Cowbird: 200
> Red-winged Blackbird: 500
>
> Also coming into a nearby roost were 30 Black and 41 Turkey
> Vultures. Surprisingly there were no Accipiters around the roost, at
> least not that I spotted. Careful listening also didn;t turn up any
> hints of calls from any other thrushes in the mix.
>
> Quite a show!
>
> Bill Pulliam
> Hohenwald TN
>
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