As you'll discover when you read the reports below, robins have swept through the northern section of the United States. Now we need to contact more spotters in Canada! Do you know that robins range all the way into parts of northern Canada and Alaska? They won't arrive in many places until the middle of May, so we still have time to get the word out. Will you help? If you're good at surfing the Internet, please spread the word to your friends in northern North America. Then report back and tell us how you did it.
Remember to report the FIRST robin you see this spring to: jn_robin@informns.k12.mn.us
Date Place of Robin Sighting Feb. 25 Norwich, New York Feb. 27 Tabor, Iowa March 7 Jackson, New Hampshire March 9 Cambridge, Massachusetts March 11 Middlebury, Vermont March 12 State College, Pennsylvania March 13 Champlain Valley, Vermont March 14 Troy, New Hampshire March 14 Eagle Lake, Minnesota March 14 Montpelier, Vermont March 15 Pittsford, New York March 15 Rochester, New York March 15 Orono, Minnesota March 15 Roslyn Heights, New York March 15 Cedar Falls Iowa March 16 Wiscasset, Maine March 17 Bowdoinham, Maine March 18 Minneapolis, Minnesota March 18 Parkers Prairie, Minnesota March 18 East Northport, New York March 18 Utica, Minnesota March 19 Roseville, Minnesota March 19 Vassalboro, Maine March 20 Duluth, Minnesota March 20 Belfast, Maine March 20 Stockton Springs, Maine March 20 Bar Harbor, Maine March 21 Conway, New Hampshire March 23 Lisbon Falls, Maine March 23 Seattle, Washington
February 25 We spotted our first robin in Norwich, N.Y., on King Settlement Rd. This was at 7:15 A.M. The wind was unknown , the date was February 25 , 1995. The temperature was 36 degrees. We spotted our second robin on East River Rd., in Norwich, N.Y., at 7:30A.M. The wind was coming from the north, the date was March 20, 1995. The temperature was 40 degrees. We spotted our third robin on Rt. 10 in Norwich, N.Y., at 4:30 P.M. The wind was coming from the east, the date was March 20,1995. The temperature was 56 degrees. JudyB24307@aol.com
February 27 We saw the first robins in our community during the last week of February. Today the weather is very warm (78 degrees F) and sunny and we have many robins. Fremont-Mills Elementary School Tabor, IA 41 degrees N 98 degrees W rrichar749@aol.com
March 9 I saw a flock of robins on March 9th in Cambridge, MA (42.21 N, 71 W). They looked plump and happy,although the day was cold and windy. There had been a few unusually warm days earlier in the week. Alex Proelss, a fourth grader in my class, saw another robin 3 days later. Another fourth grader, Jake Wiesner, saw a robin on Monday, March 13th. Spring is definitely coming! Susan Wheelwright, third and fourth grade teacher at the Fayerweather Street School, Cambridge, MA. connie@roscoe.bu.edu
March 11 Robins have arrived in Addison County, Vermont! My class had numerous sitings on March 11th and 12th. We think they were males. It has been unseasonalbly warm. The weekly average temp climbed to 36 degrees by March 15th. Addison County is on Vermont's "west coast", bordering on Lake Champlain to the west and the Green Mountains to the east. We (Middlebury) are about 30 miles south of Burlington and 30 miles north of Rutland. Peter Straub, Middlebury Union Junior High School Middlebury, VT pstraub@middlebury. edu
March 12 Here at St.Anthony MN. i've been seeing geese, robins and some tulip bulbs. At my bus stop every couple days i've been seeing about 100 to 150 geese in a flock! On Sunday 12th 1995 I saw 20 to 25 robins a very good sign of spring! And finally in our plant holders I looked in the holders all together I saw 7 bulbs. Cory M.Nagel grade 3 Wilshire park elementary 0282sash@InforMNs.k12.MN.US
March 12 Hello! We have spotted our first robins! We are a second grade class in Park Forest Elementary School in State College, Pennsylvania. We are located in central Pennsylvania. Our latitude is 40.9 N, and the longitude is 77.8 W. We began seeing robins on Sunday, March 12, 1995. Ali was our first robin spotter. She saw a robin in her front yard, eating a worm at 2:23 p.m. The weather was partly sunny and partly cloudy. The high temperature that day was 62 degrees Fahrenheit, the low was 30, and the average was 46. The normal temperature for that day is 45 for the high, 26 for the low, and 35 for the average. Most of the temperatures from March 6th through March 12th were higher than normal. The temperature on March 12th was the highest we had during these days as well.
About half of our class has seen robins. We will continue to look for more robins as they migrate north. We hope you find robins in your area soon to welcome spring!
Mrs. Milutinovic's 2nd grade class Park Forest Elementary School State College, PA 16803 fmm2@psu.edu
March 13 Robins were sighted at our location, 44.19n and 73.07w at Champlain Valley Union High School. They were sighted on March 13,1995. Sincerely, Melena Ouellette
March 14 Hello, everyone! We are first and second graders in Mrs. Sabens' class at Union School in Montpelier, Vermont. We are studying about birds. Emmett and his mom saw a robin in a mountain ash tree in their yard on March 14. We know that spring is on the way! Roger_Crowley@together.org
March 14 Robins are back in NH....first spotted 3/14/95 in Troy,NH... .males beginning to show territory displays! Dan Bisaccio AEDBisacci@aol.com
March 14 Hello from Eagle Lake, MN. We are Mr. Hatleli's Second Grade Class at Eagle Lake Elementary School. We are located at 44 degrees latitude and 93 degrees longitude. Our class has several accounts of robin sightings. One was on March 14. Four more were seen on both the 16th and 17th of March. The weather here has been great! Yesterday, we reached 72 degrees, which is unheard of for this time of year! jhatle1@eagle.isd77.k12.mn.us
March 15 I saw the first robins on March 15 at 7:30 am in Orono Minnesota. It was a beautiful sunny warm morning in the 40's. There were 6 robins together. cassy@jriver.com
March 15 We live on the North shore of Long Island in NY State. David Mittman, a third grader spotted the first robin reported in our school on March 15. He saw it on the branch of a tree in his front yard. Phyllis R. Goodfriend, Ph.D. Reading Specialist East Hills School Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 REAPRG@vaxc.hofstra.edu
March 15 Dear Journey North, Our names are David and Charlie. We are eight years old. We were in David's backyard in Rochester, NY today and we saw a robin flying past a tree. It was warm today (March 15th), around 70 degrees F.We live at 43 09 Lat N and 77 36 Long W. We go to Indian Landing school in Penfield. FDYT89A@prodigy.com
March 15 In Pittsford, New York we have seen robins outside of our classroom. The first sighting was on March15, 1995. EYVX43A@prodigy.com
March 15 We have seen lots of robins in Cedar Falls Iowa. Here are some of them. 4:01 Stephen saw 2 birds in his backyard eating from the birdfeeder. 4:55 Abby was playing foursquare and saw a bird sitting in the tree 6:37 Abby was writting a story and heard singing in the tree outside and there was a robin!!!!!! 5:36 Danielle saw a robin that comes every year and lives under her deck. March 16,995 Benjamin saw a robin at 7:42 a.m. on his railing. Jackyv3@aol.com
March 16 1 robin sighted. Tom Sauter's backyard on 3-16-95 2 Robins sighted. Glen Lake School courtyard, time 12:55. by Camber Lubarski, date 3-17-95 Glen Lake School, Hopkins, Minnesota sandy_ahlstrom@hopkins.k12.mn.us
March 16 Greetings from Wiscasset, Maine! We want to report our first robin sightings. Ben saw several robins in his Grandmother's yard on 3/16, Adam saw 2 robins in his yard on 3/17, Jacob saw 2 robins in his yard on 3/18, and Brandon and Angel saw several robins in their yards on 3/19. B.K. didn't see a robin, but he heard one. Our custodian called in this A.M. and said he saw 2 robins in the school yard. We are very excited about this. Maine has a long, cold winter. We are looking forward to hearing about more reports. Thanks. Ms. Mierley's Third Graders Beth_Mierley@k12wiscasset.maine.com
March 17 Some news for Robin watchers! Alaina Barrett, a student in Mr. Galin's class, spotted the first Robin of the spring today, on her way to school! The average tempature for the last five days has been 35.5 degrees Farenheight. Bowdoinham Community School, Bowdoinham, Maine 69 degrees W. longitude, 43 degrees N.latitude bhlib@bruin.bowdoin.edu
March 18 Sorry it has taken so long to report...but we had students and teachers who saw robins in the Parkers Prairie school district on the weekend of March 18-19. Our location is in Central Minnesota, about 46degrees North Latitude and about 96 degrees West Longitude. Yes we did have snow. In fact there was no school Monday, March 27 because of snow. Thank you. AUDREY JEAN PELATT, PARKERS PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY PARKERS PRAIRIE, MN 0547ppel@InforMNs.k12.MN.US
March 18 Sighted first robin- Minneapolis, Minnesota Saturday, 18 March 1995 @ 12.13 p.m. approximately 46 degrees F. :) Karen Newell Minnetonka Science Center 0276csel@informns. k12.mn.us
March 18 Over the past few days I have saw a lot of robins! Here are my times, dates where, and how many there were. March 18, 1995 11 robins near our garden. 3:38 pm WEATHER-cloudy
March 19 We are from Miss Boyken's 4th grade class in Brimhall School in Roseville, Mn. Shu-Liu Hu saw 1 robin on Mar. 19, and saw 3 robins on Mar. 23 . Elizabeth Ricci saw two robins on March 16. Brian Costello saw 4 robins on Mar. 25. 0623bel@InforMNs.k12.MN.US
March 19 I saw 3 or 4 robins last Sunday in the woods near an open wet area. Much of our ground at that time was still snow covered. No large flocks have been reported, but many of my students have seen small numbers of robins this week. Our daily temperatures have been mostly around or above 36 for a week or so, and our snow is now mostly gone, though the ground is frozen in many places. Mrs. Haines and class, Vassalboro, Maine About 44N and 70W Sueme50@aol.com
March 20 Our first robin came on March 20, 1995. It was on the first day of spring. We predicted the Robins would return when the isotherm went above 36, and they did. ABBIE and NICK Conners School Bar Harbor, Maine. Lat.44 degrees 23 min. N Long.68 degrees 15 min. W sclixby%emerson@infoserver.informns.k12.mn.us
March 20 Dear Journey North, The robins are here! They are in Duluth and in other parts of the state. There have been reports of people seeing robins through-out the week. They were sighted on 3-20-95. No robins have been sighted on the Marshall Campus yet. We are hoping to see them at school soon. On 3-22-95 classmates told us they heard the robin's song. We hope to see some more soon. Sincereley, Luke Mirau & Molly Richards The Marshall School 0999mars@informns.k12.mn.us
March 20 Hello - here in Waldo County we have had several sightings in the last day - 3 sightings in Belfast, Maine and one in Stockton Springs, all located in mid-coast Maine. Our first day of spring sightings have a latitude of 44o25' and longitude of 69o0'.
Also interestingly, last week the cedar waxwings passed through Belfast on their tour north. We live on the bay and they sit in our maple trees for a short rest. Our last bird observation is that two loons spent the entire winter in Belfast Harbor. The harbor did not freeze over this winter due to unusually mild conditions. Our harbor is fed by the Passagassawaukeag River.... any idea what that means? If you are interested, email to the 4-H program here in Waldo County: janehc@umce.umext.maine.edu
March 21, 1995 2 robins in our front yard 7:27 am WEATHER-sunny March 23, 1995 1 robin in a tree near my window 7:22 am WEATHER- partly sunny Darci Hulshizer St. Charles Elementary School St. Charles, Minnesota 0858scps@InforMNS.K12.MN.US PS I would like to hear from you
March 23 I saw my first robin today at approximately 4:30 PM in Lisbon Falls, Maine Hooray--spring is coming! Jill Spencer JSpenMTA@aol.com
March 23 We had a report from a parent who teaches at the U of Washington who told us today that the robins have invaded the campus. She said they just showed up by the hundreds and are having a worm feast. In a conflicting report, our librarian says she sees them all winter. Could our weather be mild enough to have them year-round? By the way, there is a strong south wind today and the temperature is about 55 degrees. Chrissy Klum and Stephanie Birtchet The Robin team in Mr. Elliott's 4th grade Greenwood School Seattle, Washington delliott@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us
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