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From: flostog@trwspf.TRW.COM (Ron Garrison)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: The Robin that wouldn't hop
Message-ID: <752@trwspf.TRW.COM>
Date: 5 May 88 23:07:49 GMT
Reply-To: flostog@trwspf.UUCP (Ron Garrison)
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	I'm hoping that someone out there could answer a question for me.
I grew up in Michigan, and the sight of a robin is very common.  If I 
remember correctly, a common traight  (sp) for robins was that they often
hop in a manner similar to sparrows. Well I spent two years in Las Cruces
New Mexico, and although there are not a lot of robins, they do live  there.
These robins are different though. They are smaller than the robins I'm
used to seeing, and I have never seen them hop. Instead they run a la a
road runner (though not nearly as fast).  My father (a birdwatcher himself)
came for a visit, and I pointed it out to him as well. He agreed with the
differences, but could offer no explanation. ANYONE?????????????????????



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