tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27276563.post6546033292136157993..comments2023-09-18T06:38:04.194-04:00Comments on Palemaleirregulars: The Red-wing Blackbird MENACE!!!!Donegal Brownehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809720759418462703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27276563.post-47666267160343358032009-06-20T01:32:39.861-04:002009-06-20T01:32:39.861-04:00Sally,
Watching the young Ms has been a wonderful...Sally,<br /><br />Watching the young Ms has been a wonderful experience. As we know watching eyasses grow is always wonderful endearing fun when all goes well, but in this case it was immensely enlightening to see how behavior manifested in urban nests that never quite made perfect sense in the city, makes perfect sense for evolutionary survival advantage when the behavior takes place in the environment in which it evolved.Donegal Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09809720759418462703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27276563.post-80145985962686658762009-06-20T01:28:39.215-04:002009-06-20T01:28:39.215-04:00Karen Anne,
Yes your Robins are looking for those...Karen Anne,<br /><br />Yes your Robins are looking for those tasty animal proteins. When the Europeans arrived on the continent the American Robin was a rather rare bird of short grass meadows and disturbed earth. The shorter the grass the better to see those creepy crawlies. It was American's fixation on lawns that caused their population to explode. <br /><br />Robins hunt by sight. They aren't "listening" as you may have been told as a child when they cock their heads while gleaning, but rather are looking for worms. And what better place could their be than nice rototilled soil.<br /><br />The Robins in Wisconsin always become extremely interested when I water the garden. I suspect as it does when it rains, that the water from the hose causes the earthworms to rise to the surface of the soil, making them ever so much easier to grab.Donegal Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09809720759418462703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27276563.post-42400966112664287182009-06-18T09:40:10.679-04:002009-06-18T09:40:10.679-04:00Donna! You must be having such fun now watching t...Donna! You must be having such fun now watching the M's. I enjoy reading about them. Glad they are doing well!Sallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27276563.post-33184427375684698642009-06-17T06:59:22.317-04:002009-06-17T06:59:22.317-04:00Speaking of cornfields, I've noticed that bird...Speaking of cornfields, I've noticed that birds, esp. robins, are hanging out in my vegetable garden, which I expanded considerably this year, having had it rototilled, in preference to hanging out in the lawn. Are they looking for worms? bugs? Nothing's fruited (vegetabled(?) yet, so it's not that.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.com