I looked out my upstairs window this morning (we have an upper porch there) and saw this.
It is something I have never seen in my life. A migration of robins and cedar waxwings all in our crab apple trees eating the leftover apples. I have seen the Waxwings come back in a big group but never with all the robins and I have never seen the robins in a huge flock like this. I usually spot one at a time in spring!
I am still amazed because there were so many of them and they were in other trees as well waiting their turn. Spring is definitely here even though there is still lots of snow on the ground.
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I have seen the robins arrive en mass before. It is definitely a spring event! Thanks for the picture.
We have been getting in more birds, earlier, this year.
Rain today and then a nice weekend, hope I can get out and enjoy some fresh air. Maybe a ride to the breakers, just to enjoy the ocean air and views.
Debbie
Yay! 'bout time, I'd say. It's hard to imagine you still have snow on the ground this late in the year. I have been seeing the Canada geese migrating north in great numbers high in the sky so I can vouch for the fact that the birds are on their way home.
I bet they are HUNGRY! And cold:) Hopefully that snow will be gone soon.
Barb, So nice of you to share. I am so tired of the rain here in Oregon that I may go to Arizona and live on the street. Just kidding- the street part, not the rain part. We have food out for the birds, but the squirrels are the ones that brave the rain and eat the food. When the rain stops, if the rain stops, the birds eat it off of the deck. Oh, poor me. I'm lucky to have birds and a deck aren't I when I look at what others are going through. Hugs
This is a really nice photograph that you have posted.
Robins, particularly the young males often appear in very early spring in a medium sized flock. They are very similar to the cedar waxwing in this habit and often arrive as a flock to feed on frozen Mountain Ash berries that remain on their trees.
Their apparent mingling with the Cedar Waxwing on your property may merely be coincidental. They may not have migrated together. Later in spring, Robins become more solitary and much more territorial as they begin to nest and feed upon a high protein diet of worms in lawns. They do this to provide themselves and their young with the energy they need to succeed at their summer tasks of nesting and rearing.
Thank you John for explaining why these birds came together this year and in such a large flock. :)
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