Robbins

[ND Jig Head]

Last Sunday we had about 30 Robbins in our back yard. I am not an avid bird watcher but have never seen Robbins in North Dakota in January before. Isn't this odd - has anyone else seen Robbins this winter?

[buzzsaw]

You don't "normally" see alot of Robins in the wintertime, but there are always pockets of them that stay around. I saw a few a couple weeks ago and was semi surprised.

[Dotch]

Last one here at the ranch was Dec. 17th, a lone male. Likely looking for a singles bar...

[Steve Foss]

I did most of my birding in the northern Red River Valley of N.D. for many years. Especially in the last 20 years or so, it's more and more common to see robins overwintering in cold climates. I think it's because of the high numbers of ornamental crabapple and mountain ash and similar trees in urban areas. Some robins will hang around all winter if it's not a particularly harsh winter and there's fruit for them to eat. It's not at all uncommon for local birders to stake out a few known robin locations so they can tally the species on Christmas bird counts. Thirty below usually thins out the robin redbreasts pretty quick, though.

[jonny_redhorse]

I had a robbin chirping away last weekend in my front yard....that's the first time in my life I saw a robbin in january up here!......jonny

[The Grebe]

Havn't seen any Robins yet this winter, but last winter I seen a bunch of them around this time. I seen a couple up in Coon Rapids, while comming home from a trout fishing jaunt and later in the day I seen what must have been about 15 birds in a small swarm, down in the Camden area...thin, streamlined birds on winter rations.

[buzzsaw]

Saw a dozen or so of them at Minnehaha Falls right after I got some Coyote pictures! I thought of this thread....