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  • Challenge Question #4

    MaryAlice Kolodner (maryalice_kolodner@fa.org)
    Tue, 04 Mar 1997 10:38:04 -0500

    According to several students, the male robin returns before the female robin
    because:

    The male is looking to establish his territory for his mate and family. One
    student jokingly said that the early bird gets the worm. We did talk about
    that as a need to find and secure a food source. The advantage to arriving
    early in the spring is to secure a good spot for a nest. Some thought that the
    male needs time to build the nest for his mate. The disadvantage to early
    arrival is that the weather may change and the food supply could drop off and
    the robins could suffer.

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