A Note on the Western Robin in the Pasadena Area
A Note on the Western Robin in the Pasadena Area.-A recent observation by Robert T. Moore (Condor, 43, 194l:ZOl) concerning the nesting of Western Robins (Turdus Prtigrato&s flropinquus) near Pasadena prompts a further comment on the subject. In 1923, a pair of robins nested in a clump of shrubbery in the grounds adjoining the Donald Dickey residence near Brookside Park and were seen by Mr. Dickey and myself at frequent intervals throughout the summer. This is the first appearance in this vicinity as a breeding bird of which I am aware. ‘Since 1933, from one to three pairs of robins have nested yearly on the grounds of Dr. Donald Skillen in Flintridge, where they have been seen by various people beside myself. It thus appears that the robin is firmly established in the Pasadena area, although, as yet, in rather limited numbers and confined chiefly or entirely to districts of extensive lawns. Generally speaking, it may be said that the transition of Pasadena from a small farming community to a residential city took place in the late 1890’s and the early 1900’s. It was thus about twenty-five years from the establishment of suitable territory until the robins first made use of it, although the species has always been common in summer in the Transition Zone in the immediately adjacent mountains.-A. J. VAN ROSSEM, Dickey Collections, University of California, Los Angeles, California, December 1,1941.
