Bob Shell wrote: > On Jan 17, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> 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: > > > I've never seen a "robin" here in Virginia in the winter. Been bird > watching for more than 40 years. > > My question would be what would they eat in the winter? > > Bob >
Not to be contrary... But I see them in the winter (less frequently) in Maryland. What my ornithology prof told me many years ago was that "our" spring/summer robins go South in the fall/winter and robins that live further North migrate to our area at the same time. In essence, the northern robins replace our robins during the winter. Could be a load of BS but it made sense to me. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
