Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-25
SEEING ROBINS
IN JANUARY
Many Birds Remaining
During This Cold
Winter.
seen IN EVERY DIRECTION
The Abundance OF Food
Is Given as Reason For
Remaining.
SEEN IN EVERY DIRECTION

Ever since word was sent to the
News office from the Island Woolen
mill some days ago that e. j. Curry
had seen number of robins near his
home in Lyons, other observers have
reported seeing the red breasts when
it was supposed they were rusticating
in the southland. There may still be
some who are skeptlcal about robins
remaining here all winter and if there
are others who have seen them,
message sent to this office will be APP
preciated, in order to add it to the
decisive testimony here presented.
Within a week County Superinten-
dent G. w. Davies saw robin by the
roadside west of Baraboo and the
observer reports that the feathered
fellow appeared to be perfectly happy.
Mrs Joseph Stader has telephoned
t the News office that she looked out
of the window few mornings ago and
saw two robius singing merrily away
in a tree as if it were May instead of
January.
John Johnstol also tells the News
that he saw robin a few mornings
ago near his home on Eighth avenue.
Mrs. w T. Kelsey, who makes bird
observations for the state society,
reports seeing them on three occasions
within the past few days. The first
ones were seen a short distance below
the Ringling winter quarters, some
were noted west of town and a large
flock was observed at the Lower
Narrows of the Baraboo river. While
riding liough the country last fall,
Miss Margar-t Gattiker, another bird
observer, remarked to Mrs. Kelsey
that she would not be surprised If the
robins remained in Wisconsin all
winter because the wild grapes and
other bird food was so abundant. 1t
is generally believed that birds often
migra in order to obtain food rathe
than on account of the climate.
From the Reedsburg Free Press.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathanial Darrow
drove out to their farm in Winfield
last Sunday and they discovered
another freak in their orchard
where he has recently found tree
bearing seedless apples and that is
robins had found such comfortable
place that they forgot to go to
warmer climate. For fear they had
been mistaken in the specie not hav-
ing on their far away glasses they In
quired of tie man who works the
farm and he confirmed the fact that
the robins were wintering in under the
grape vines in sheltered place in the
orchard which is protected by a tim
bered ridge 200 ft. high to the west,
From this orchard of four or five
hundred trees was harvested about
5000 bushels of apples last year. Mr..
Darrow, who is some authority on
apples, says that about nine-tenths OF
the apple trees will kill out during the
coming summer. When the trees
bear as they did last year it weakens
the tree and this winter with the
thermometer down to forty degrees
will do the damage.
From the RichIand Center Observer.
Following last weeks issue some
o our readers seemed TO doubt that
robins were seen here in this month.
However, the seeing Of the robins
was a fact nevertheless and they
have been seen in nearby counties as
the following clipped from four OF
our exchanges will testify says the
Richland Center Observer:
"Fred Ritzenthaler of the town of
Freedom dropped into the News Of
flee today with the information that
ne had seen something when coming
TO town which he had never seen be-
fore, Near the Mike Hasson place
and not far from the Hanley school
house he saw robin In low place
by the roadside. He was hopping
about lively and did not seem to know
il was cold. Seeing robins in Janu-
ary is classed with The unusual. -
Baraboo News.
ga very rare sight for this section
, of the world is flock of robins on