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We saw a flock of Robins today

cherry — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:31:53 GMT

We were doing our mile walk inside the hospital ,and Mr Cherry looked out the window, into a court yard ,and said, are those Robins? I looked ,and sure enough they were

I wonder if some of them ,hang around all year, and don't fly south? It seems a bit early to see them

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Equuleus — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:47:43 GMT

My husband said he saw a flock fly overhead yesterday morning.

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BirkiLady — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:55:25 GMT

The cranes are in Nebraska (along the Platte River) on their annual migration. Spring is coming!

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DiAnne — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:56:56 GMT

I have never seen a flock of robins but there is one sitting on the telephone line across the street and I swear it must be shivering.

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ID2 — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:59:36 GMT

Yikes! I'm afraid we won't see Robins until June this year!

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threecees — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:02:59 GMT

I usually get two robins every day at my bird feeder. Usually a male and female

come together. Sometimes the male alone.

Love seeing them. So beautiful.

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NickNack — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:21:24 GMT

@threecees wrote:
I usually get two robins every day at my bird feeder. Usually a male and female
come together. Sometimes the male alone.

Love seeing them. So beautiful.

@threecees That's unusual. Robins don't usually eat bird seed. How can you tell the male and female apart? Are the males deeper in color? We have robins year round, and I often have a nest in the spring where I can see the babies peeking out of the nest. One year one of the huge black birds attacked the nest and killed all the babies. I was so sad and felt sorry for the mother.

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MoJoV — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:21:39 GMT

Some Robins do stay the winter,they stay in the woodlands where they can find some food. I feel sorry for any bird here in the Chicago suburbs,it's been a really tough,cold winter.

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viva923 — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:32:44 GMT

NO ROBINS HERE

now we are getting snow,sleet,ice storms. 2 days already of this stuff, now more coming in this weekend.

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cherry — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:36:20 GMT

@viva923we are in the middle of it too..

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tsavorite — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:41:07 GMT

Just last week on my kitchen window sill were several (3) chubby little dark brownish/black birds...then another 1 landed and another 1 LOL! 5 in total all crammed in together...I called my son over and we just watched them chirping...I don't know what kind of birds they were but they made my DAY! It has been very very cold here....didn't even think birds were hanging around lately.

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viva923 — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:50:28 GMT

skylark

lived in upper midwest growing up and chicago land area during nurse school and during my husband military stay (teacher) at great lakes.

Boy how I remember those winters, trick treating in snow pants growing up, walking to school in a snow suit with a large scraf wrapped around my face

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Piperdellilah — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:00:58 GMT

I'm in Minnesota where it is very cold (shocking, i know) and i saw a flock of at least 20 Robins last week eating from a berry tree at a church by work. If they have a food source, they will stick around.

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threecees — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:04:34 GMT

@NickNack

I have cardinals on the brain today. I read the word robins but was thinking

about cardinals.

Sad story. Feel bad for the birds in this bitter cold weather. Poor little things.

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Chicagosuburbangirl — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 23:10:12 GMT

Maybe Phil the groundhog has it right!

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StylishLady — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 00:55:49 GMT

One year here in Fort Myers, there were large flocks of robins for a couple weeks in winter. Must have been the most severe weather back north. Never saw them again since.

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Mary Bailey — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 01:04:45 GMT

How cool! I don't think I've ever seen a flock of robins.

When I start seeing them in spring I will be soooooo happy.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 01:35:52 GMT

The last time I saw a flock of robins was when they were falling down drunk...no kidding ...from eating some over-ripened berries I had growing on a bush in my yard. At first I thought I had a bunch of sick birds falling over in my yard until I watched them eating those berries. It was so hilarious!! I had to call my neighbor over so she could witness the 'party' ...LOL!!

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september — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 02:05:54 GMT

I’m a bird watcher. I love to read what birds people in other areas, are observing.

Today, I saw lots of ducks, a few turkey vultures, and a great blue heron.

Love reading that some of you see cardinals!

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iceRedfire — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:45:29 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
The last time I saw a flock of robins was when they were falling down drunk...no kidding ...from eating some over-ripened berries I had growing on a bush in my yard. At first I thought I had a bunch of sick birds falling over in my yard until I watched them eating those berries. It was so hilarious!! I had to call my neighbor over so she could witness the 'party' ...LOL!!

@SilleeMee

Lol!