Contrary to popular belief, all robins do not fly south for the winter and return north in spring. Many robins winter over every year in the US, and they can survive temperatures down to 30 below.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/unpave/robinwinter.html They do change their habits in the winter, however. When the ground is frozen, or even quite cold, they obviously will not be hopping on the lawn looking for worms. Robins even winter over in Nova Scotia every year: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/winbirds/colour/c12.htm On 1/13/07, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Robins are back early this year. They must have heard about all the warm > weather up north! > > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/BirdsofaFeatherweb.jpg > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
