Robins?!?!?!?

Phil Nowack

Phil Nowack

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Went to Dubuque today to meet a client, gave him his deadmount can, and recieved another bird to mount... Met Brian Leclere, and met his precious little Diva....

But to my dismay... I saw a half dozen robins!!!!
 
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Went to Dubuque today to meet a client, gave him his deadmount can, and recieved another bird to mount... Met Brian Leclere, and met his precious little Diva....

But to my dismay... I saw a half dozen robins!!!!
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It is not uncommon for robins to break hiberation this time of year and come out of their burrows for a few hours to forage.
 
On my way home from Fairfield I saw one fly across in front of me down by Kalona. I'm so ready for spring!

Jim S
 
I would be if it went straight to May.... I HATE spring. gravel roads suck.... our driveway is a sloppy mess after 1 day of thawing... I hope the frost goes out in a hurry!
 
Well that is what a 60 degree + change will do. If Algore wants to call this global warming let him, I'll take it.

It is actually a bit of a myth that all Robins migrate south. A lot of them do go south but many also stay north in wooded areas. They become fruit eaters and will find them all winter long even in the north. Pretty much all of the lower 48 has some areas that hold robins all year.
Normally we don't notice them until the frost goes out of the ground and they are hunting for worms in yards.

Tim
 
We are further north than Portland Maine, but w week or 10 days of 50 degree weather and no rain and we got buds popping, I saw 5 mourning doves today and the bulbs are pushing up green sprouts so we are seeing the first signs of spring.
 

Agree with postings on overwintering-- here in the northeast robins have become fairly common. Usually found in urban areas where there are some type of fruit trees ( cherry, crabapple etc.) to feed on. Last week i saw a flock of about 75 robins along with a group of cedar waxwings (30+0) feeding in several small crabapple trees downtown.
 
I'v had somewhere between 12 and 25(hard to count a swarm) robins around my place all winter! We have a couple of acrs east of the house thats nasty wild brush& trees where they hang out. They never hit the feeders, but when they show up to drink, they go thru about a gal. of water. 3 or 4 years ago had a bunch spend the winter too, thats the first I ever seen them hang around all winter.
Dennis
 
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I used to track the first Robins to appear "here", usually around the middle to third week of Feb.
Don't bother any more as there are a lot that overwinter for the last 10 years or so.
 
Well that is what a 60 degree + change will do. If Algore wants to call this global warming let him, I'll take it.

Tim
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Global warming is so yesterday. It is now "Climate Change" to account for anything out of what the wacko's consider "normal".

Mark W
 
Well that is what a 60 degree + change will do. If Algore wants to call this global warming let him, I'll take it.

Tim
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Global warming is so yesterday. It is now "Climate Change" to account for anything out of what the wacko's consider "normal".

Mark W
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You are very right.

Tim
 
I heard them this morning but didn't see them. We had a high in the low 50's yesterday and barely dropped below 40 last night. But I don't think it will last, only because I hope it does. I've caught the spring itch, want to do some open water fishing, play some rugby and be able actually sit in front of the grill and drink a beer while cooking.
 
I've seen them on and off all winter. First time I ever remember seeing them in the dead of winter. We had a HUGE flock fly through the decoys Saturday and it still looked like Antarctica.
 
For the first time around here they have stuck around all winter long. Never before has there been robins all year round. It was always the first sign of spring.
 
There was a huge flock of robbins in the trees around our house yesterday. They are probably pissed off because I cut down the hackberry tree in our backyard.
 
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