[obol] explanation for GBBC counts

[Alan Contreras]

Actually that is not a surprising number of robins at this time of year.
Flocks of hundreds are pretty regular at preferred sites on the valley floor
(they are especially fond of pastures full of cows on wet ground) and in the
juniper stands of central Oregon.  When they show up varies a bit,
especially in w Oregon.  Some winters there are a lot around all winter; in
other years they come through mainly from late winter through maybe early
April.

-- 
Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON
acontrer at mindspring.com



> From: Brandon Green <bjgreen34 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:30:54 -0800 (PST)
> To: OBOL <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Subject: Re: [obol] explanation for GBBC counts
> 
> 
> My mistake.  The language that you used ("250 robins per day") confused me.
> 
> That's a lot of Robins, even for a farm.  Wow...
> 
> -Brandon
> 
> -----
> 
> Subject: Re: explanation for GBBC counts
> From: Linda Fink <linda AT fink.com>
> 
> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:58:13 -0800
> 
> I most certainly did see them all at one time, and probably there were
> more. Our farm fields are littered with robins this time of year. All I
> can do is count by 10s or 20s as I scan the fields behind the barn. I
> limited my birding to what I could see (at one time) from in front of
> and behind the barn during a one hour period while doing chores. Since I
> throw seed out all along the brush line that borders the creek in front
> of the barn, I can see lots of golden-crowned sparrows, towhees, etc.,
> at one time. By looking out the milkroom window, I can see who is there
> and count them. Whichever count is highest before I'm done milking is
> what I write down. We have a very birdy farm!
> 
> I thought it would be interesting to compare this year's numbers with
> future years. And birding while doing chores is something I can do
> without making any special effort. This is lambing season, so birding
> has to be a low priority for now.
> 
> Linda Fink
> 
>> IRC, you're supposed to count the number of birds that you see at one
> time, not the cumulative number over the course of the day (I'm assuming
> that you didn't see 250 robins at once).
> 
> http://www.birdsour
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