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Gone Fishing?
It's not common for robins to eat fish—and hardly ever when the observer has a camera handy—but reports do exist. It's usually as seen below, where the ice close to shore allows the robin to see fish at the edge. If an unlucky fish is near the surface when the robin is looking, the robin grabs the protein! Wido Hoville was lucky to get evidence. He confesses he helped the robin a little by breaking the ice of the creek at the same spot every morning before his daily two-hour ski journey in the park. Upon his return, he found the robin at the ice-free hole every day for three days.

"On several days I photographed a robin catching fish in a creek in our nearby nature park. The robin jealously protected 'his' water hole and chased away all other robins coming close. This photo was taken at 0 degrees Fahrenheit!"
Wido Hoville     l'ILE-BIZARD, Quebec    January 23, 2015

Winter robin eating a fish at partly frozen creek in the province of Quebec, Canada