Loons

[Grant]

Originally Posted by Lin

...It's been some really topsy turvy weather patterns these last few years. We've got dozens of robins in our yard and woods in MA. Yesterday when I was out checking the river there was only one open spring just off to the side and the place was loaded with Turkey, robins and other birds.

I've noticed large groups of robins in the dead of winter over a number of years. They are conspicuous because we typically associate them with spring. Just this past weekend, I saw two large groups (one 20-30 birds, another probably 50-100) here in PA during the coldest stretch of the winter. I got some photos of them scooting around in the snow -- looking for bare patches where they could (or couldn't) find something to eat. They are migratory, so my theory is that some of them just need to head north a bit earlier because of timeshare obligations.