Northeast Gardening: Robins???, 1 by gabagoo

gabagoo wrote:
Last year I had a couple of robins show up in mid February.
I was surprised to see them that early.
They ate the berries on the hedges and the chokeberries on the tree I have in a pot in my yard.
I put out raisins to help them out since they weren't interested in the seed at the feeders.
They were bullies at the bird bath & wouldn't let any other birds drink when they were there.
They had by far the messiest poop of all the birds - probably due to the berries.

I felt kind of bad for them - they looked so out of place. Especially when it snowed.
They looked like they were saying, "Why the heck did we come back so early?!??!"
Were th trying to beat the traffic?
LOL!

This pic was taken in March '07. He's on the Chokeberry tree.