Re: spring - yeeha!

> I hate to disillusion you, Peggy but in all but the most miserable climates
> some robins usually hang around all year, particularly in urban situations.
>  I remember seeing them around the bird feeder on New Years Day when I
> lived in Toronto, and we have had one here in our yard (zone 4)pretty much
> all winter, although I didn't see any last year.
> But spring is coming.  And probably early.
> 
> Bob Campbell

I was going to respond that robins are perennials.  :)  You are 
right, Bob, some do stay.  But all migration reports I'm getting 
by species indicates that most are moving between 2 - 4 weeks 
early.  In fact, it's causing great interest in the research 
community because migration is supposed to be triggered by day 
length (just like so many plants) rather than temperatures.

Apologies for the off-topic.  I can get it more on topic by 
mentioning that my robins have been walking among my 
currently flowering perennials, of which I have several.

Jaime
jknoble@warwick.net
NW NJ, zone 6/5
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index