Comments on: Robin Hiatus

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:25:30 +0000

I know that crows and grackles like cat food. Had no idea robins did.

By: sonja smith

sonja smith — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:23:49 +0000

Robins love Friskies Surfin & Turfin Favorites (dry) cat food. I just saw my robin lookig for the food and quickly put her a bowl out in the snow.
Sonja

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:08:08 +0000

There’s not much you can do. Robins eat berries in winter. Perhaps your yard has some? In any case, here’s information from Massachusetts Audubon on what robins eat in winter (scroll down): http://bit.ly/WIvMNf

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:54:01 +0000

Help, I live in Michigan and lo and behold yesterday I surprised a Robin by my foundation.
We are covered with a foot of snow and it is 15 degrees today. I hear it in the tree out front sounding pitiful. I put out some catfood but I fear she or he will not eat it. I would hate to see her frozen, any suggestions?

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:31:14 +0000

I saw 9 today at Craig St in Oakland. At least it was more than 1!

By: TheWildSow

TheWildSow — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:26:01 +0000

One day last week I saw a large flock of robins feeding up by the Oakland VA. Seing them made me feel very “springy”!

By: Jennie

Jennie — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:10:34 +0000

They’re back, in my yard anyway. The ones I saw in late January/early February numbered in the hundreds. Yesterday a handful came back to the holly trees to continue picking berries from the lowest branches and to eat those that were on the ground. This morning, I would guess their number to be somewhere between 50 and 100.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:21:31 +0000

I still see a few robins in my area eating berries. looking forward to he spring.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:46:41 +0000

Just today, my husband and I saw about 30 in a yard on Post Road in the North Hills. There were more in the trees, but we couldn’t get an estimate. About 2-3 weeks ago, they spent two days stripping all the berries from a big holly tree in our back yard. They started from the top and worked their way down. Over the next few days, we saw a handful at a time eating the holly berries from the lower branches. It’s an annual occurrence, though this year it seemed a bit early. We’re always thrilled to see it. I like your estimate of March 5th.

By: Carol Smith

Carol Smith — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:36:02 +0000

Spotted 10 for the Great Backyard Bird Count this past weekend and felt quite lucky considering the weather.