Subject: Re: robins
Date: Feb 18 08:17:21 1997
From: jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca - jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca


A mildly didactic discourse between Don & Michael included -

>DC:
>How about this one? If there are two distinct subspecies in the area would
>we not expect them to migrate at different times, since they will be
>latitudinally displaced for their breeding season?

>MP:
>Yes.

>DC:
>I have no practice
>discerning the two subspecies but it would surely be worth looking into, and
>what sort of population size are we talking about (which would make
>detection easier), in terms of both the propinquus local wintering size and
>their overall migratory population relative to that of caurinus.

>Okay, Tweets, there ya go. Have at it.

Pretty easy to suss it out here in c. BC - no robins (except for the odd
braindead one that stays in town in mild winters) for five months, and then
you get a field full of hundreds. I'll let you guys figure out the soggy coast.

- Jack


Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca