[wisb] Re: [wisb]Milw. Robins & crabapples?

From: "msmith112 tds.net" <msmith112@xxxxxxx>
To: mmnowak@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:21:07 -0600
While walking in the snow around one p.m. today on east side of Milwaukee
saw and heard a small treeful of robins who appeared to be eating small
crabapples. (flowering trees in the spring)
Mary Smith, east side Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
(also seen from a distance (from Lake Park) a big raft of birds in Lake
Michigan just south of the water plant.)
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Mariette Nowak <mmnowak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> To answer a couple questions on this:
>
> I sent photos of one of the scuds to Phil Pelliteri, of the UW Madison
> Insect Diagnostic Lab, and he confirmed that they were scuds.
>
> Also,  while I guess we'd  need to examine the robins' stomachs to confirm
> without a doubt,
> it did appear that the robins were eating the scuds.  They  were standing
> at
> the edge of a little stream and pecking along the water's edge.  They would
> seem to close their beaks on something they got in the water.  Others
> would,
> instead, pull out a bit of algae  and examine it a bit and then toss it
> aside onto the snow.  I went over to the edge of the stream and pulled out
> a
> bit of algae  (Chara sp.) and shook it over the snow and found  some little
> grubs.  I took these home and on closer look I thought they were scuds, but
> wanted a
> professional ID.  So my husband took photos which we sent by email to Phil,
> who confirmed my identification.
>
> Thanks for the responses to my email.
>
> Mariette Nowak, East Troy, Walworth County
>
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