Goofy 2020

[jdmidwest]

I had 2 Robins at the bird feeder this morning.  Guess they forgot to migrate.  Or their flight got cancelled.  Or someone closed the border.

[snagged in outlet 3]

16 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

I had 2 Robins at the bird feeder this morning.  Guess they forgot to migrate.  Or their flight got cancelled.  Or someone closed the border.

I have a bunch here too.  Had a couple eastern bluebirds this morning.  

[Al Agnew]

Robins don't really migrate.  They move around to find food, usually in flocks, in the winter, and may move just far enough south to get out of snow so that finding food is easier.  The reason you don't see them much around your house in the winter is more that they flock up and do more foraging in woodlands instead.  Bluebirds also don't really migrate that much, either.

[tjm]

Some robins do migrate and some don't. From Alaska to Texas and back is migration, I think. The science folks track them but don't know why some stay put and others don't.

Just had a thought, if bluebirds don't migrate, they would lose protection under the MBTA ? Source of fly tying feathers and hat decorations?

[Mitch f]

1 hour ago, tjm said:

Some robins do migrate and some don't. From Alaska to Texas and back is migration, I think. The science folks track them but don't know why some stay put and others don't.

Just had a thought, if bluebirds don't migrate, they would lose protection under the MBTA ? Source of fly tying feathers and hat decorations?

Yea I believe we have a ton of Golf course geese here all year long. Maybe just just go as far as they have to and no further. 

[tjm]

29 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

. Maybe just just go as far as they have to and no further. 

That's what I do.

Robins follow the fruit mostly, when it's gone in one area they move, but they have been planting tracking devices and studying them as climate change monitors.  Lots of birds also have groups that winter here and summer in Canada or winter in the south and summer here, causing year round populations but with different individuals;  partial migration? How far does a species have to move for the move to be considered "migration"?

[snagged in outlet 3]

I migrated form the kitchen to the living room.  Then farther north to my bedroom later😂

[Johnsfolly]

9 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I migrated form the kitchen to the living room.  Then farther north to my bedroom later😂

Did you have a tracker Pete to mark that migration?😁

Seems like a MDC study is needed.

[snagged in outlet 3]

1 hour ago, Johnsfolly said:

Did you have a tracker Pete to mark that migration?😁

Seems like a MDC study is needed.

Yeah they implanted it in an uncomfortable location though.  I need one of those therapeutic seat cushions now.  I’m back south in the kitchen now.  

[Johnsfolly]

9 hours ago, tjm said:

Lots of birds also have groups that winter here and summer in Canada or winter in the south and summer here, causing year round populations but with different individuals.

Hawks do that a lot. Most winter hawks in MO are likely down from Canada while the ones in summer travel down towards the gulf or into Mexico. You can see the size differences with the winter birds typically being a bit larger.