Saw Robins Yesterday! Are They Lost???

[halfnelson]

Looked out my dining room window yesterday and saw a half dozen robins in the tree in my driveway.  Really surprised to see them in the cold weather and snow.  Anybody else see any?

[G-Man]

They do not fly south... they are a kind of wood thrush they simply move into conifers and stay the winter

[loworange88]

I saw alot of Robins during the gun season way back in the woods one day.  I wondered the same thing.

[halfnelson]

20 minutes ago, G-Man said:

They do not fly south... they are a kind of wood thrush they simply move into conifers and stay the winter

Never knew that

[greg54]

The vast majority of robins do migrate south, however a few stick around-and move around-in northern locations. Robins migrate more in response to food than to temperature. Fruit is the robin's winter food source.

[Curmudgeon]

Someone has bothered to map the winter distribution of robins. It is closely tied to snow depth. I don't recall the exact amount but somewherein the range of 5" gets them to clear out. A Google search would turn up the details, I'm sure.  

[Pygmy]

I have run into robins in dense conifer cover several times in midwinter while rabbit hunting,  but as Greg says, most of them migrate south...Robins are the one species that I have seen everywhere I have ever hunted, from the Arctic Circle to the Mexican border...

[Curmudgeon]

7 minutes ago, Pygmy said:

I have run into robins in dense conifer cover several times in midwinter while rabbit hunting,  but as Greg says, most of them migrate south...Robins are the one species that I have seen everywhere I have ever hunted, from the Arctic Circle to the Mexican border...

Ubiquitous pretty much sums it up. I've found them at 14,000 feet in Colorado. 

[Pygmy]

3 minutes ago, Curmudgeon said:

Ubiquitous pretty much sums it up. I've found them at 14,000 feet in Colorado. 

Dang !!  There you go using those big words again !!.....<<<GRIN>>>....

[halfnelson]

the buck I got this year was not uBIGuitous, but is good eatin' anyhow.

[Cory]

Usually when I start seeing robins that means spring is right around the corner. Could it be? Warm weather is on the way? 

[turkeyfeathers]

They fly south on the backs of geese with the hummingbirds. You guys don’t know nuttin