2 December 2022
In mid November hundreds, maybe thousands, of American robins ( Turdus migratorius) remained in the eastern end of Pittsburgh yet left quickly when the weather condition went down listed below cold on November 18th. By the 21st it was 17 levels F as well as the robins were lengthy gone.
Robins can handle winter yet not with icy ground so they remain simply southern of the freeze line as wintertime methods.
Those that nest in Canada as well as Alaska might leapfrog over the neighborhood slowpokes that wait on absolutely dreadful weather condition.
eBird circulation maps for June-July as well as December-February program that robins leave the north to inhabit warm areas in wintertime. June-July is dark purple with robins all over. In Dec-Feb they focus in the Pacific Northwest as well as north The golden state as well as in the united state southeast completely to Florida.
Robins were on the action below in November. Currently they’re southern people, concluding.
( images by Robin Agarwal as well as Douglas on Flickr by means of Creative Commons permit; click the subtitles to see the originals)