Robins Today

[Sturg]

I saw a large flock of robins today feeding on buckthorn berries on Grey Cloud Island. I had seen a large flock a couple weeks ago about a mile to the east. Could be the same robins today. I also saw 3 hooded mergansers(no pics) on some open backwater.

[knoppers]

I had a big flock of robins show up this week, they looked out of place today though. I also had a bunch of cedar waxwings this week, eating the choke cherries.

[eyeguy 54]

none here yet

[leech~~]

I had seen two of them sitting in a crab apple at work in New Brighton today as well.

[JIvers]

I mentioned in my robin thread from last weekend that a female gingko tree here in Coralville, IA (southeast part of the state), was a hotbed of robins a few winters ago. I was driving past there this morning and decided to check it out--here is what I found:

I took the pictures from my car, so neither was real good, but the second picture gives some idea of how many robins were there; I am guessing between twenty and thirty. Apparently they like gingko berries in the winter.

[eyeguy 54]

cool

[JIvers]

The robins this year seem to have decided to go by the calendar, not the weather, in deciding when spring is almost here.

We have a lot of crab apple trees outside of my workplace just south of Cedar Rapids. I had not seen a robin there since last fall, but today there were quite a few them that showed up seemingly all at once this weekend.

[Hoey]

I first heard them and saw them in Maple Grove on Saturday morning.