[NatureNS] An out of season visitor..

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(I have photos in case anyone suspects I am imagining this!)&lt
I saw a flock of 15 or so yesterday in the Pereau/Medford area.

Doug Linzey

On 13-Feb-15 3:09 PM, Richard Stern wrote:
>
> We have had up to 70 here on and off for the last few weeks. The 
> mostly feed on old and shriveled crab apples on some trees and the 
> ground (although not under a meter of snow).
>
> Richard Stern
> Sternrichard@gmail.com <mailto:Sternrichard@gmail.com>
> Sent from my Android device
>
> On Feb 13, 2015 2:46 PM, "Laviolette, Lance (EXP)" 
> <lance.laviolette@lmco.com <mailto:lance.laviolette@lmco.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Eleanor,
>
>     Robins hang around a number of areas of the province and survive
>     all winter. In fact they survive winters in colder areas than most
>     of Nova Scotia. Robins are a lot more tough and versatile than
>     many of us give them credit for. There was a picture taken this
>     winter of a robin standing next to the St. Lawrence River near
>     Montreal that had a small perch held tightly in its beak. They can
>     survive quite nicely as long as there is a source of food
>     available to them.
>
>     All the best,
>
>     Lance
>
>     *From:*naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
>     <mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
>     [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
>     <mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>] *On Behalf Of *Eleanor Lindsay
>     *Sent:* Friday, February 13, 2015 1:04 PM
>     *To:* NatureNS
>     *Subject:* EXTERNAL: [NatureNS] An out of season visitor..
>
>     I have been most surprised to see a robin around my feeding area
>     several times today; at no time did I see it eat, but it foraged
>     around my feeders which are hanging on apple trees amongst
>     presently bare multiflora branches and it drank several times at
>     my heated birdbath. I happened to have some rather elderly
>     cranberries and put these out by the birdbath, but so far no signs
>     of their being eaten.
>
>     How unusual is this and what are its chances of survival?
>
>     Eleanor Lindsay
>     Seabright, St Margarets Bay
>     (I have photos in case anyone suspects I am imagining this!)
>

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