Announcing the Winter Robin Round-Up!
February 5 - 19, 2002
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Yum Yum! This robin is enjoying tasty mealworms! |
Where do robins spend the winter? This year, with mild temperatures lasting until January in many places, robins stuck around in places where people don't usually see them in winter. In Chicago, one robin made the national news when she made a nest and laid her eggs in a tree still twinkling with Christmas lights!
With so many unusual weather patterns this winter, many robins responded in unusual
ways. Before spring migration begins this year, we'd like to know if you have
robins over-wintering in your town. What are they up to? We hope you'll help with
Journey North's Annual Winter Robin Round-Up!
How to Participate
1. Go outside and look for robins. Ask your neighbors if they have seen robins.
Contact your friends and relatives in other parts of North America. Ask everybody
you know to help you look for robins!
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Important: Our goal is to show where robins are present in early February. This means that ANY robin seen during this time is considered a "winter" sighting.
We will add your robin observations to the winter map whether they're
- seen alone (FIRST Robin)
- in groups (WAVE of Robins)
- singing (FIRST song), or
- OTHER Robin observations.
Remember, you have until February 19th, 2002 to collect your sightings!
3. On February 19th
We'll post a map to show where robins are found spending the winter of 2002. We'll
also give you a data summary so you can make your own map.
4. After February 19
Continue to watch for robins and help us track their spring migration:
- Report the First Robin You SEE
- Report the First Robin You HEAR SINGING
- Report WAVES of Migrating Robins
- Report Your First EARTHWORM
- Report OTHER Robin Behaviors You Observe
Thank you for your help!!
Try This! Journaling Question
- How do you think robins survive, stay warm, and find food when the ground and the air are frozen?
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