The folks in the Yakima area have also been reporting similarly spectacular
numbers of Am. Robins.

Mary

Mary E. Klein
Bremerton WA
mailto:cellobird at seanet.com

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> [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf
> Of mike denny
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 6:50 PM
> To: Inland NW Birders; tweeters
> Subject: [Tweeters] Robins Robins Robins!!!
>
> Hello All,
> MerryLynn and I just returned from witnessing one spectacular
> event! I received a phone call from a friend who asked if we
> had seen the robins below Bennington Lake Dam? So we went to
> look for ourselves. WOW! I had
> 35-48 robins fly in over me from the south every 15 seconds
> for 45 min.as they headed into their roost site. I am
> figuring that there are 12-14,000 Robins pouring into this
> roost site from all directions. This site is comprised of
> Russian Olives, Black Hawthorn, Black Locust and a scattering
> of pines and junipers. This thick brushy site is about 200'
> wide and 2100'
> long. There is also a portion of the area to the southwest of
> the main brushy area that contained upwards to 6,000
> starlings. There are also MODO, DEJU, SOSP, WCSP, BBMP and
> RWBB in the roost site. Twice it sounded as if a large truck
> were coming up the road, but it was thousands upon thousands
> of robins on the wing coming at me at once. MerryLynn watched
> the west side of the Bennington Lake area and estimated up to
> 8,000 robins coming into roost in the rows of thick Russian
> Olives. This is the single largest concentration of robins we
> have ever seen! What a sight to hear and see.
> Later Mike
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> College Place, WA 99324
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