WPCNR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DAY. By the WPCNR Roving Photographer. January 25, 2012 UPDATED WITH ROBIN INTELLIGENCE, January 26, 2012:
Two of the 5 Robins who visited WPCNR News Tuesday afternoon.
A squadron of five robins, red-breasted and well-rested landed at WPCNR World News Headquarters in White Plains, New York, USA Tuesday afternoon at 4:45 P.M and proceeded to browse the grounds.
A WPCNR Reader, Paul Schwarz responded to our inquiry yesterday as to why the robins are back so early. He explains they may never leave:
"I participate in Feeder Watch - a project which is based at the Cornell Dept. of Ornithology. Thousands of individual reports from all around the country help to create detailed maps and patterns of bird populations.
A couple of years ago, midwinter, I was startled to see a flock of robins. I emailed Feeder Watch, and was gently reassured that robins, while they have long been thought of as a harbinger of spring, in fact winter in all climates, including ours.
In last week's report to Feeder Watch, along with the usual finches, sparrows, chickadees, cardinals and the rest, my list included 10 robins. (With the temperature below 32 last week, they were there for a drink from the heated birdbath. Robins aren't interested in the seeds.)"
Schwarz refers Robin Watchers to the Cornell website on the habits and ways of the Robin, where you will learn that the reason you do not see robins during the winter is not because they head south, but because they roost in trees in the deep woods where berries are more common. Read all about the Robin, who is not a snowbird at
