Hi Carol, all-
Over the past decade +, America Robins have been spotted in all states except Hawaii in all months of the year. Rather than a strict north/south movement, Turdus migratorius lives up to its scientific name (migratorius = wandering) and tends to winter where there is abundant fruit or soft soil. See https://www.allaboutbirds.org/is-it-unusual-to-see- american-robins-in-the-middle-of-winter/. and Birds of North America online, American Robin > Distribution, Migration and Habitat ( https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/amerob/distribution) I used the Line Graph feature of eBird to plot winter occurrence of American Robin in Tompkins County starting in 2013. Although the Feb. data for 2017 is obviously incomplete, we can see a definite trend of increased frequency of AMRO's occurring on checklists over the past few seasons. 2015 is the exception; and you may recall that was the only recent winter of extreme cold temps and above average snowfall. Note the spike in mid-Feb occurrence in 2014 and 2016, another trend that seems poised to continue this year. But this is a very condensed slice of data; winters that are warmer with less snowfall will mean we see more robins. http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?src=changeDate&speciesCodes=amerob&; getLocations=counties&counties=US-NY-109&parentState=US-NY&reportType= species&monthRadio=on&bMonth=12&eMonth=02&bYear=2013&eYear=2017&yearOptions= separateYears&continue.x=16&continue.y=1&continue=Continue Looking further back in eBird data, and/or looking at Tompkins County CBC data could serve to illustrate more concrete trends for this region. Marc Devokaitis Trumansburg, NY On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 8:01 AM, Carol Cedarholm <cceda...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this early or unusual? > > On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 6:09 PM Ann Mitchell <annmitchel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> There was a large flock of Robins on Cliff Street south of Vinegar >> Street. I saw them at 9:00 a.m.and at 4:30 p.m. >> Ann Mitchell >> >> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Gladys Birdsall <g...@outlook.com> wrote: >> >> Yesterday morning, Jan. 4th, I was out walking the dogs, up here on Mt. >> Pleasant and there was a lot of activity with Robins. Hard to count but >> maybe 25-30, all around the house and out the driveway. They were after >> Hawthorn berries. There are also wet areas in the woods. I know there are >> wild grapes around too. It was 12 degrees F when I got up and about 10 AM >> it was still only 14 degrees F. >> >> Today I see there are Robins around down the road, west of our driveway. >> The past 3 days we have had a good amount of snowfall, dry fluffy snow, a >> good ground covering, so it was a surprise, but fun to see the Robins. >> >> Gladys >> >> On 2/5/2017 12:31 PM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: >> >> Lotsa Robins this winter! >> >> I had 30 on Collins Road in Lansing , Count circle region 9, Jan. 1, >> Cayuga Bird Club Christmas Bird count. >> >> Since then, see flock of them here on Lansing Station Road occasionally. >> >> >> >> Eating wild grapes, exploring open water areas of little streams and >> ditches. >> >> >> >> Donna Scott >> >> Lansing Station Road >> >> Lansing, NY >> >> East Shore, Cayuga Lake >> >> >> >> *From:* bounce-121209964-15001...@list.cornell.edu [ >> mailto:bounce-121209964-15001...@list.cornell.edu >> <bounce-121209964-15001...@list.cornell.edu>] *On Behalf Of *Carol >> Cedarholm >> *Sent:* Sunday, February 05, 2017 12:18 PM >> *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> >> <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> >> *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Robins >> >> >> >> Has anyone been seeing robins? 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