We got a tremendous surprise yesterday.
I opened the door to see the two huge trees in our front yard were absolutely filled with robins!
On January 31st!
I figured there were at least 50 of them and Judy said they apparently were migrating, though she said it seemed early for that.
They were very bold.
Quite a few danced around on the roof right over my head and were not scared off by my presence.
And when I went to the mailbox out by the street one flew off the roof, underneath the mailbox only about a foot from the ground and closer than that to me and up to another tree across the street.
I found a website this morning and read a lot about them and a flock like this is not unusual during migrations.
They can cover up to 300 miles in a day before stopping for the night.
We had not seen the birdlife we were accustomed to at our previous home and were despairing.
But earlier in the week when I opened the blind a tiny bird landed on the patio and walked almost up to the glass door where I was standing.
I think it was a goldfinch but I couldn't be sure.
Now, with this huge group of robins passing through, can Spring be far away?
I hope so and I hope the birds will be back to entertain us.
For those of you who don't know, that song was performed by a man born in Lithuania as Asa Joelson.
But after he came to the United States, he entered the world of entertainment as Al Jolson and had a legendary career before his death in 1950.
Hopefully, his song will lure some more robins to our area.
We won't see them for some time yet.
ReplyDeleteThat's encouraging to know they are on their way back north. It is really cold here for the next few days so they should hang with you for a while.
ReplyDeleteNot a sign of them today, Red.
DeleteI stand corrected. I just returned from an errand and Judy told me the whole flock was back again.
DeleteYou haven't seen Tippi Hedren luring nearby, have you??
ReplyDeleteNo but she could have starred in my yard. These birds were very bold and aggressive.
DeleteWe've been seeing the robins here in our yard for quite a while. They've been digging around and looking for yummy bugs.
ReplyDeleteRemember the film The Birds? Actor Rod Taylor says the birds used in the film were fed a mixture of wheat and whiskey to keep them on the set. If you want to hang on to that heard or flock, mix up a treat for them. I read that 3000 birds were used in the film, plus mechanical birds that were specially designed. Relax...dont think any of them were Robins.
ReplyDeleteWhiskey and wheat....gotta remember that to throw in a neighbors yard.
DeleteWe get the large crazy flocks of robins in the fall.
ReplyDeleteI love birds but was traumatized by the Hitchcock film, so I get a little nervous around large flocks of them. A promising sign that they're migrating north though!
ReplyDeleteI love robins...as you probably know. I haven't seen any around here for a while but a group of very loud geese just flew by my window.
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