Cheerily, Cheer Up, Cheerio!
Last week I saw my first robin of the year. The colorful bird sat in my neighbor's tree and looked much like this one.
I would have liked to watch it for a while, but it flew off a few seconds after I walked outside. Since that day I've heard robins singing, but I haven't seen any others.
They're not especially early. This is typically the time of year robins visit us. They don't linger long - just pass through, sing for their supper, and go on their way. But they arrive after most of our winter has passed and let us know spring won't be far behind.
Robins make me smile. They're so pretty, and they sing a happy song - Listen Here.
What about you?
Do you like robins?
When do they visit you?
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They're not especially early. This is typically the time of year robins visit us. They don't linger long - just pass through, sing for their supper, and go on their way. But they arrive after most of our winter has passed and let us know spring won't be far behind.
Robins make me smile. They're so pretty, and they sing a happy song - Listen Here.
What about you?
Do you like robins?
When do they visit you?
Comments
Robins begin appearing about the last of Feb here in the Midwest but I hear them before I see them.
*smacks forehead*
The youngest and I were at a local nature area and through the warmth of their indoor observation windows, we saw two Downy Woodpeckers. He thought it was great.
Round as a ball. So cute.
Ann Best, Author of In the Mirror & Other Memoirs
Huntress - LOL! I knew what you meant :)
Joanne - We're back in the 70s again today.
Delores - The frozen northland...brrrr!
Linda G - I've watched mockingbirds dive bomb squirrels many times.
I always feed the birds and squirrels that come and they give me tremendous pleasure.
Yvonne.
Clarissa - Must be!
LR - They are cute. One is singing outside my window right now.
Southpaw - Robins are special here because their stay is so brief.
Elspeth - Next time you see one, ask him :)
Alex - Like the Pied Piper :)
Yvonne - You're fortunate to have robins year-round. We have many squirrels year-round.
Julie - I think everyone likes robins.
T
Melissa - Strange about the altitude. My robin was in a tree. Yea!
Cynthia - They're cute!
Andrea - You're allowed :)
Ciara - Don't watch that old Hitchcock movie "The Birds".
Luanne - I've only seen stray ones here, but I've heard them a lot.
Linda K - Some place we lived had orioles, I think Tennessee. Kind of orange-y?
Robins are beautiful birds!
Golden Eagle - Not majestic like an eagle, but quite nice :)
Janet - Very mild here, too. I've been wearing shorts already.