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Journey North News will be posted on Tuesdays Feb. 1, 15, Mar 1, 8*, 15, 22*, 29, Apr. 5*, 12, 26, May 10 (* Migration Data Only) FINAL American Robin Migration Update: May 10, 2005 To the delight of robin-lovers, the red-breasted songbirds are now almost everywhere. (Inuvik, NT, is the final holdout among our 20 Northern Observation Posts.) Now that robins are nesting in many places, download our idea list for summer observations to make, and get swept up in the robin mystery of our summer reading suggestion. Welcome home, robins! American Robin Migration Update: May 3, 2005 First robins sending their song into the far Northern outposts this week! Robin spotters in Alaska and British Columbia are now hearing the robins sing out for springtime. Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Watch for a full update next week. American Robin Migration Update: April 26, 2005 Robins are getting closer to home! Males are singing in several of our Northern Observation Posts, and females are following. See baby robins at every stage from egg to fledging in the “nest cam” made by a Michigan student when a pair of robins nested at school. See our new photo study, and find out what we mean by disposable diapers for baby birds. Could one pair of robins have 1.2 billion trillion descendants in ten years if every bird lived? credit Verrier American Robin Migration Update: April 19, 2005 Reports of robins heard singing as far as 61 N. Sighters in AK, and Canadian provinces reporting earliest recorded robin sightings. Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Watch for a full update next week. American Robin Migration Update: April 12, 2005 Spring is spreading as robins push steadily north into Canada, while other arrivals have started their nesting cycle! Get the "eggstras" on the eggs, and who does what in raising baby robins. Spot 3 signs that the first male robin reported in Shageluk, Alaska is in excellent condition for the breeding season. Try our field study to see if you can identify the context in which your robins make each of 5 different sounds. American Robin Migration Update: April 5, 2005 Strong southern winds in the NE and Great Lakes regions brought with them large groups of robins! Also sightings reported from the Northern Outposts and beyond. Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Watch for a full update next week. American Robin Migration Update: March 29, 2005 Reports of first robins, waves of robins, and singing robins flew in the first full week of spring! Robins have moved and started singing a little farther north and a little farther inland, but the big push north is still ahead. Our robin spring phenology checklist lets you know what to watch for next, and our video clips and photo study provide keen observation practice. What reasons might explain the similarity of this week's tulip and robin maps? American Robin Migration Update: March 22, 2005 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Along with the coming of spring, one reporter wrote that the robin song was “like music to my ears.” Watch for a full update next week. American Robin Migration Update: March 15, 2005 We're seeing and hearing more robins in more places, but still no big surge north. When will the first robin reach Anchorage, AK? That's the question for our 2005 Early Bird Contest! Meet a robin bander and find out how she tells a robin's age. Our up-close video clips let you study robins vying for a territory, with expert Laura Erickson to guide your viewing. And meet robins in a new place: at Journey North for Kids. American Robin Migration Update: March 8, 2005 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Scattered reports this week of robins whinnying and singing. Watch for a full update next week. American Robin Migration Update: March 1, 2005 No big push northward has occurred yet, but the big-action month of March has arrived. Take our challenge to “Name That Tune” so you know when your robin is home. Meet this year's NOPs (Northern Observation Posts) and predict when robins will reach the end of the road. What's an isotherm? Find out when you investigate the relationship between robin migration and temperature. American Robin Migration Update: February 15, 2005 Where were robins found in February? See your sightings as we unveil the 2005 Winter Robin Round-Up map! What are observers finding during this unusual winter? Find out how to tell the over-wintering robins from the first robins of spring, and learn surprising things in 6 photo studies with our new "Cultivating Keen Observers" lesson to guide you. Photo Anne Cook Announcing the 12th Annual Winter Robin Round-Up! February 1-15, 2005 Where are the robins spending this 2005 winter? Let's find out! Before the spring migration begins, we'd like to know if you have robins over-wintering in your town. Go outside and look for robins. Ask everybody you know--near or far--to help you look for robins. Then report your sightings by February 15. Together we'll all tell the story as we make our Winter Robin Round-Up map!       Copyright 1997-2005 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form