[mou] robins eating minnows

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:42:53 -0600

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When I used worked at the Wild Bird Store in Wayzata there was a bait  
store in the same mall that tossed out dead minnows and every winter  
a large flock of robins hung out to eat them.  I remember watching a  
robin drag off a fish that was half the size of the robin.

Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
Minneapolis, MN

On Dec 23, 2006, at 5:33 PM, Jim Williams wrote:

> A flock of about 18 American Robins frequently has been seen in and  
> around Wayzata since late fall. Such a flock has been in our yard  
> two or three times. Today, while buying a gift at a bait store in  
> Wayzata, I found 17 robins perched in trees near the store or  
> foraging on the ground beneath the trees. The foraging birds were  
> eating dead minnows. Bait store employees toss dead minnows in that  
> area on a daily basis, I was told. And the robins have been seen  
> there routinlely since late fall, they said. Has anyone else ever  
> observed robins eating fish?
>
> Jim Williams
> Wayzata, Minnesota
>
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margin-left: 0px; ">A flock of about 18 American Robins frequently has =
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in our yard two or three times. Today, while buying a gift at a bait =
store in Wayzata, I found 17 robins perched in trees near the store or =
foraging on the ground beneath the trees. The foraging birds were eating =
dead minnows. Bait store employees toss dead minnows in that area on a =
daily basis, I was told. And the robins have been seen there routinlely =
since late fall, they said. Has anyone else ever observed robins eating =
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