This has been a really strange year for robins in north Missouri - they never left.

On Christmas Day I watched a pair in the tree in my front yard. It was about 30 degrees. I saw one this morning, too. Two weeks ago it was MINUS 10 degrees with 6 inches of snow on the ground. Silly robins.

We have lots of robins here year round, but when those that migrate come through, it sure does get crowded and noisy around here! I love robins....their many different songs, their work ethic, family values, lol. I love to watch new fledgings learn the ropes from their parents. So funny to watch the whole family take a bath together!

I love robins too, but they'd better stay there because we're to get another polar vortex this week.

littlebug, it's been a strange year for robins where I am, also. I live near Toronto Ontario and have seen a few robins this winter, in -35 Celsius degrees. I think that's about -31 in Fahrenheit!

I'll trade you, four to one, my redwinged blackbirds for your robins. These danged blackbirds are stripping our feeders like crazy....hundreds of them and are they noisy! Reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds. We get an influx of these danged birds twice a year here in Georgia and they stay for at least 3 months. We do have a few robins and more would sure be welcome.

I saw a robin the other day. Must be a sign of more to come :o)

Linda, thanks - but, I like my Robins and Cardinals that are in my yard right now - just the sweetest animals!

We have overwintering robins at our home north of Chicago. They like the water and greater warmth in a deep creekbed that runs along one side of our house. It goes from a few miles north, on south into the Chicago River. This is also the deerpath for animals 'commuting' between Wisconsin and Illinois.

In December, ahead of the first bad weather, we had an invasion of some of the biggest robins I've ever seen. Yes, they were puffed up in the cold, but these were some real bruisers.

I'll not *trade* but just plain *give away* all of the Francolin Quail on property at our Maui condo. They have a nails-on-the-blackboard screech -- a cross between a rusty pump handle and someone warning, "Teenagers! Teenagers!" I bought a pair of water pistols Saturday to see if I can discourage them from coming to our lanai and courtyard. My DH thinks I am nuts.

I had never seen a robin until I lived in Kentucky for a few years. I was astonished at their large size. In my imagination, they were the size of wrens. Boy, was I wrong!

I'm sorry for all of you who are suffering from the extremely cold temperatures this winter. I live in southern California and we haven't had a winter at all. Temperatures have stayed in the mid to upper 70's (F.) with no rain and horrible Santa Ana winds that keep everything bone dry. The fire danger is very high and will only get worse throughout the summer. I wish we could import some of your moisture and cooler temperatures.

Let's hope those Florida Robins stay there a litle longer. It is 9 F tonight in SE Wisc.

They had better find shelter soon - it's forecasted to be in the 20's Wed. and Thurs.

I live in central California and we have year 'round hummingbirds - their chirp is little but they are the best to watch... Yep, we are dry here too with a local lake (Atascadero) absolutely bone dry - worst year for rain since they started measuring...

Sounds like we traded! Here in Tennessee, we have seagulls all over our parking lots? Nice to see and hear, but kind of odd. Robins live here year-round (not me! the ones who live with feathers attached to their body 24/7), so they're not as novel. But I still like them. Pretty colors!

Today, I have been inundated with RED WING Blackbirds - what a noisy group they are! Not to mention the mess they are making on my trucks - YUCK!

rob, that is so funny! I was just going to post about our experience with seagulls yesterday! We were out and about enjoying a beautiful day and took a tour of the pretty UAHuntsville campus. There were hundreds of seagulls sharing the lake space with the ducks and geese, and it was so strange to see. Robert said that they are fairly frequent visitors.

Yes, we usually get them around Thanksgiving and we don't see them any more until the next year. Here it is two months later and they're still here?! I'll take it.

Today, my trees are covered in Starlings - cute but noisy and messy!

I live along the southern California coast. The seagulls know when it is snack break and lunch time at our local schools and show up with plenty of time to spare. Since we have such warm weather, our lunch areas are outside on patios. Boy, do the seagulls love left over lunch tid bits.

And here in Austin we have Grackels, a very noisy bird where hundreds seem to flock together, especially in the fall. They're in my neighbirhood where i've been almost 6 years, and this is the first year here. They seem to like the paring lot of a particular grocery store where literally thousands can be seen in the trees at dusk. I've asked locals what the deal with the Grackels is, but no one seems to have a 'story'. Are they anywhere else in Tx?

used to live in santee ca (a burb of san diego) and as much as I'm freezing, the house we had, was on the back side of the navel air station and the fire danger was scary! wish we could send you some of the snow!