Robins in December

[buckwacker]

Anyone else seeing an influx of Robins the last few days/weeks? I've noticed they've been reappearing earlier than they used to, but I thought it was around February, maybe late January the last few years. I've been outside more than normal the last several days, and they are everywhere. Seemed odd to me.

 

[Wolfhound]

We have seen a few robins in December this year. Very odd.

 

[KellyinAvon]

I've seen none in a while here.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Saw a bunch last weekend eating berries. Lots of bluebirds too.

 

[buckwacker]

I guess we're in the year round range, but I've always seen them disappear in the winter.

 

[indyblue]

I’ve had robins year around where I live.

 

[Creedmoor]

Turdus Migratorius lol

 

[model1994]

on a real cold day two weeks ago we had hundreds in the trees around the house about midday. they were all eating shriveled, dried grapes from native grapevine. and within hours they were gone.

 

[buckwacker]

Turdus Migratorius lol

Didn't even see that. Thought maybe it was some wise guy edit on Wikipedia after you pointed it out, but that really is its scientific name.

 

[Jsomerset]

Turdus Migratorius lol

Gay love child of a Grackle and a Starling with roids?

 

[Mgderf]

Robin's only migrate when necessary.
If the food sources remain available in a given area, the Robin's will not leave.

 

[littletommy]

Last week when the geminid meteor shower was going on, I was outside around 10 pm, and out of the corner of my eye I saw something flying down and landing about 25 feet from me. At first I figured it was probably just a leaf or something, but I could tell something was sitting there, so I shined the flashlight at it, and it was a Robin! I walked towards it and it flew off.
Very odd.

 

[indykid]

Yep, have seen several robins in the area in the last few days.

So if there is food, they stay? And if they stay could it mean that winter will only be a couple of days, and if there is only a couple of days of winter is that going to make all those climate haters scream about "climate change" even louder even though the climate on this great planet is continuously in flux?

 

[buckwacker]

I saw an article within the last couple days that said we are setting up for an arctic type winter pattern in the next few weeks. Either those birdies are making a bad choice, or those weather people are wrong. I'd bet the latter.

 

[foszoe]

I saw an article within the last couple days that said we are setting up for an arctic type winter pattern in the next few weeks. Either those birdies are making a bad choice, or those weather people are wrong. I'd bet the latter.

You are not making me happy.

 

[buckwacker]

You are not making me happy.

You're hoping for arctic blast? Or the thought it might be possible brings you down?

 

[foszoe]

You're hoping for arctic blast? Or the thought it might be possible brings you down?

Thinking it's coming

 

[buckwacker]

Thinking it's coming

I dunno, I think robins might be more reliable than meteorologists.