FINALLY saw a Robin!!

[Siwsan]

Ok, this is a 'Big Foot' quality photo, but it's through the kitchen window and zoomed in with a not so high quality cell phone camera.

[badhair77]

1. Yay! Spring is coming.

I haven’t seen any robins but maybe they’re hiding from this morning’s snow in south central PA. But they’re coming. Beautiful weather will welcome them next week.

[Siwsan]

3. Our weather is going to be improving, too. (Michigan)

Wednesday and Thursday are forecast to be in the upper 50's/lower 60's so I'm going to be starting on some seasonal yard and garden clean up. I'm already stocked up on yard waste bags, and pick up doesn't start until April 7!!

[nitpicker]

2. I saw two robins today

Of course, this was in VA.

Also spotted two squirrels.

AND a fox.

Reported the last to the local animal welfare league, just in case it was sick.

[Siwsan]

5. I saw some very canine looking paw prints in my back yard. Hoping it's NOT a coyote

I've rarely ever seen dogs on the loose.

I'm going to turn the back yard Blink camera back on to see if any of the other critters are showing up (raccoons, opossums). I moved the feral's food bowls so HOPEFULLY they won't be back there, triggering the motion detector ALL NIGHT LONG.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. We got 4" of snow overnight last night. ☹️

I hope the Robins around here have some shelter.

[Siwsan]

6. We got a dusting

Yesterday morning I awoke to about 3" of fresh snow. I cleared the car and moved it into the garage, exposing some clear concrete. Once the air temps went up and we got some sunshine, the drive AND walk way slowly but surely cleared by Mother Nature. I thanked her.

I'm really hoping I don't have to use that snow blower, again, until next Winter. Hope I didn't just jinx things.

[Diamond_Dog]

7. I hear you Siwsan!

Luckily, Mother Nature clears it away faster than in January.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. Admit it; you knew I was going to do this.

Seriously, in the DC area, robins are here year-round.

[Siwsan]

13. HAHA!!

[EYESORE 9001]

9. Were you beginning to wonder

whether the first robin you saw would be frozen to the ground?

[Emile]

10. Not all Robins fly south for winter. I see them all winter here in northern Indiana.

Facts about Robin migration:

https://journeynorth.org/tm/robin/ConfusingMigration.html#:~:text=Yep!&text=All%20robins%20are%20not%20the,move%20around%20%E2%80%94%20in%20northern%20locations.

[Siwsan]

14. I saw them much earlier, last year

Seems like it was January or early February. And there were LOTS of them.

[Donkees]

11. Hundreds and hundreds of Robins have spent the entire winter here in the Northeast

They've stripped just about every tree of any winter berries, have been feasting on peanut chips, sunflower hearts, jelly sandwiches, bark butter, dog food, and stationed themselves around the heated water pans.

[femmocrat]

12. Ours were late this year, too!

Just saw a pair of them flitting among the tree tops about a week ago (western PA). Welcome back, Mr and Mrs Robin!