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February 10, 2008
Sunday sundries, Part 2
This morning around 7:30, there was an irruption of robins in the trees near the spillway at the Celery Farm.
There were so many I couldn’t count them all.
They perched in trees by the dozen, and bathed in shallow parts of the stream.
I think they are what’s known as a winter flock, and not necessarily a sign of spring.
Birders have reported irruptions of red-winged blackbirds as well. Let me know if you see similar phenomena.
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Last week there was a huge flock at the Celery Farm. Yesterday, I saw a flock right in Radburn park.
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Thanks for the report!
Jim -
A harbinger of Spring has also arrived at our pond in the Fardale area of Mahwah. The robins and redwings have descended in small flocks, taking their ritual baths in the shallow bogs of the pond and feasting on the berries of the holly trees and ilex bush. A skittish heron has frequented the pond in the early morning and late afternoon for the last three weeks. Wonder if he is the Lake Appert heron. For a photo op, he has been very elusive.
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Christine
Last week there was a huge flock at the Celery Farm. Yesterday, I saw a flock right in Radburn park.
Jim Wright
Thanks for the report!
Jim
Audrey
A harbinger of Spring has also arrived at our pond in the Fardale area of Mahwah. The robins and redwings have descended in small flocks, taking their ritual baths in the shallow bogs of the pond and feasting on the berries of the holly trees and ilex bush. A skittish heron has frequented the pond in the early morning and late afternoon for the last three weeks. Wonder if he is the Lake Appert heron. For a photo op, he has been very elusive.