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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> To add to the interesting season here, our robin population seems to 
> be significantly down.  Usually I have to fight them to save the small 
> fruits berries and cherries, but this year they are not a problem.  
> They are still around, because I can still hear them from time to 
> time, but numbers seem to be a lot less.


Not here. But it's been so wet this year that worms must be readily 
available still. My robins seem to be eating worms more than my fruit, 
which was definitely not the case last year!

I still had to net my cherry tree, but the raspberries haven't been 
bothered too much.

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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