Date: 01/31/2004

Number: 1

There were about 8 to 15 very fat (very rotund!) robins on the maple trees in front of my house, on the maple in the back yard, and landed on the neighbor's roof at about 3:00 pm. I was very surprised to see robins at this time of year in Chicago because I have lived here all my life and never seen them in winter before. They were very, very fat, fatter than I ever saw any robin, and some looked like juviniles. It is very cold in Chicago today, and they were drinking water from the gutters on the house next door, and pecking on the rooftop shingles. They flew away mostly singlely, but toward the east.

Chicago, IL

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -87.6

Observed by: Francine
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