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ARDEN’S KIDS GIFTS & CLOTHING 3/18: St. Patrick’s Day Celebration At Willow Creek Winery PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEKSEY MORYAKOV OPEN DAILY Irish Pipe Brigade Washington Common, Cape May 609-884-8643 l lynnardens.com Grand Opening Brett, Megan and kids Friday, April 1 from 10am-5pm Enter for your chance to win a gift basket, meet with local artists and browse handcrafted jewelry, art, photography, candles, soaps & more! Centre City Mall, 421 Washington Street, 2 nd Floor 609-305-5181 Facebook.com/ShopLocalCapeMay Page 36 EXIT ZERO March 31, 2022 Bonnie, Allie, Patrick, Wayne
Bird Droppings Dispatches from the nation’s birdwatching capital… by Seymore Thanu Nothing says Spring like the sight of an American Robin striding across a suburban yard. Even in places like Cape May, which supports hundreds of thousands of wintering robins. When the soil thaws, the birds relocate to those totems of suburban America, the well-trimmed lawn. Establishing territory and finding a mate are followed by the raising of one to three successive broods of three to five chicks each, accounting for the estimated 310 million robins apportioned across North America. Found at some portion of the year all across North America, these sturdy brick-breasted birds are likely known to every resident, even those living in the Arctic where not a sizable willow thicket supports a pair. Take a minute to appreciate the miracle that is a robin. With so many North American bird species dwindling in number, this handsome and vocal neighbor is thriving in this world and has since European colonists felled the forests and began landscaping with wellspaced shrubs, trees and lots of lawn. Before Europeans, robins lived in forest clearings, burned forest, tundra and treeline. We opened the door to robin expansion. The birds’ adobe nests are snuggled in the lower half of a tree on some horizontal branch. But drainpipes, outdoor porch counters and unoccupied buildings are readily adopted by prospecting parents who both engage in nest construction. The grass foundation is welded together with worm castings and the softball-sized nests are roomy enough to accommodate growing chicks until they can fly. And what child has not been brought to stir a robin’s eggs with an exploring finger, marveling at their color and savoring their life-encasing warmth. Robins also rank among the most vocal of birds, with males beginning their caroled song at first light, even at night where ambient light creates a false eternal dawn. Robins also make noise whenever your prowling tabby encroaches upon the bird’s nest site. Robin chicks have spotted breasts like many thrushes including the chicks of other Turdus thrushes which include the Claycolored Robin, a subtropical bird of mixed habitats that breeds from the Rio Grande Valley to Venezuela and Columbia. So, here’s to the herald of Spring setting up shop in a suburban yard where, for the next few weeks, they will deprive your prowling tabby of all dignity. Keep your cat indoors and keep peace in the neighborhood. March 31, 2022 EXIT ZERO Page 37
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