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Posted By: penny in ontario Saw a Robin??? - March 11th, 2007 at 10:21 PM
I soooooo hope this is true......I over heard 2 older fella's talking ( gossiping shocked laugh ) and they both said they saw a Robin today in our area....the last couple of days has been beautiful....so i really hope so thumbup thumbup
Posted By: netty Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 11th, 2007 at 11:28 PM
Hi Penny. It's probably true...I saw my first Robin on February 20th this year!
Posted By: Thornius Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 12th, 2007 at 12:04 AM
I have seen MANY Robins......What do you need to know about them?
Posted By: Wrennie Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 12th, 2007 at 01:05 PM
They've been staying around here through the winter Very well could be up there already.
Posted By: penny in ontario Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 12th, 2007 at 01:30 PM
Nothing really Thorny....just up here they disappear late fall and you dont see them again until its SPRING thumbup
Posted By: debnoel Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 12th, 2007 at 02:07 PM
My back yard was loaded with what I think were robins. They were in the holly tree and bushes eating the berries. That's what threw me off. I didn't realize that they ate berries. Once the holly berries were gone so were the robins.
Posted By: penny in ontario Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 12th, 2007 at 02:15 PM
Cool....when was this??
I hope i can see one for myself here soon!!!
Posted By: debnoel Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 12th, 2007 at 09:47 PM
the robins were here 2 days ago. I just hope that Spring will come. Today it is wonderfuly warm and springlike. Hope I'm not getting suckered in and that Mother Nature isn't waiting with some snow/cold up her sleeve.
Posted By: Thornius Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 13th, 2007 at 04:37 AM
Robins eat primarily earthworms in the Spring and Summer. In Fall and Winter they become vegetarian and eat primarily berries, ESPECIALLY Hackberries, Holly, and in mid-Spring Mulberries.
Posted By: penny in ontario Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 13th, 2007 at 01:01 PM
I could have sworn i heard one this morning......singing away!!!
Posted By: Thornius Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 13th, 2007 at 03:57 PM
You probably did hear one singing, Penny! IN Tennessee, we have Robins all year. We actually have MORE Robins in Winter than in Summer. The Canadian and northern US Robins that migrate south for the Winter migrate to......THE SOUTHEASTERN US! In Winter Robins form GIGANTIC flocks of HUNDREDS of birds that travel and feed on Wintertime berries together, and tend to congregate in LARGE tracts of FOREST rather than suburban lawns. In Spring they split up into mated pairs and move to suburban lawns to forage for earthworms. That is the time they migrate back to Canada. The huge flocks have split up now and I am seeing several pairs of Robins hopping across my lawn again.
Posted By: Anonymous Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 13th, 2007 at 03:59 PM
I saw my first Robin again yesterday! thumbup

So glad when they return! thumbup
Posted By: plantqueen Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 13th, 2007 at 04:05 PM
I also saw my first robing! clp That is always nice to see at the end of winter! Just hope that we don't end up with more cold and snow! :p
Posted By: penny in ontario Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 13th, 2007 at 04:13 PM
Wooo-hoooo more Robin sightings!!!!
Posted By: Curious Nick Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 13th, 2007 at 05:37 PM
I saw a couple Robins in my backyard yesterday. I tried to get my camera out (it's usually around my neck at all times) But by the time I got it out, they'd flown to the next yard and my Zoom just ain't that great..LOL I guess I should start putting food back in the feeder now.
Posted By: Thornius Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 13th, 2007 at 05:58 PM
Actually Robins won't come to feeders to eat. They are, however, CRAZY about birdbaths! To attract Robins to your yard provide good nesting cover, plant berry producing trees and shrubs like Mulberries and Hackberries, and MOST important......BIRDBATHS!!!! grinnnn Birdbaths are ESPECIALLY effe4ctive if they splash, drip or spray. Birds love this noisy spraying action.
Posted By: penny in ontario Re: Saw a Robin??? - March 13th, 2007 at 06:12 PM
hey....thanks Thorny....i was going to put more seed out for them but if they like birdbaths....even better!
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