Spring is near in the Midwest

LMT66

LMT66

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For about the last four days, I hear a Robin singing in the morning and evening. Haven't seen it yet but it is here and no doubt building it's nest. Typically their babies hatch about Easter each spring where i am.
This is very early in the year to hear(or see) a robin so it looks like spring might arrive early!
Fingers crossed!
 
I hope someone can back me so I don't sound like a liar but the Robin population in Michigan has boomed. They stick around all year.
I've seen groups of 20 - 30 of 'em in the middle of winter. They seem to "flock-up" in the winter and become more dispersed in spring.

The true sign of spring here is the return of the Red Wing Blackbird. The distinct call and seeing them along the roadsides on the reeds and cat tails marks the real end of winter.
 
I don't know about robins, but here in WI, I saw more geese last fall than I've seen in my life. Don't know what that means, but there was just tons of 'em around for a couple weeks. If it was legal, I could have sat on my porch (right in town) and filled the freezer with gooses.
 
Rupestris said:
I hope someone can back me so I don't sound like a liar but the Robin population in Michigan has boomed. They stick around all year.
I've seen groups of 20 - 30 of 'em in the middle of winter. They seem to "flock-up" in the winter and become more dispersed in spring.

The true sign of spring here is the return of the Red Wing Blackbird. The distinct call and seeing them along the roadsides on the reeds and cat tails marks the real end of winter.
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Must be something in your area that keeps them around all year. Food and warmth. Any large factories or electric facility cooling lakes/ discharges nearbye?
By us, individuals will arrive early (I assume the female who is preggo and builds a nest to her liking), then about a month later, more arrive in large numbers all of the sudden. In numbers, I mean several hundred at a time in my lot out back.
 
i think that for many birds, migration is not an "all at once" deal. in other words, they don't just fly from Canada to Mexico and back every year. the weather gets cold, they move a little south. the weather gets colder, they move a little further south. the weather warms up a bit, they move a little north...

my brother has observed a Great Blue Heron all winter long near where he lives in Central Ohio. it only disappeared for a short time during the intense cold snap. as soon as the snap ended, it was back. as long as the streams remain open, there is no need for it to fly south.
 
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