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  • Announcing the 11th Annual Winter Robin Round-Up: February 3-17
    Where are the robins spending this 2004 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 17. Together we'll all tell the story as we make our Winter Robin Round-Up map!
  • Reminder: 11th Annual Winter Robin Round-Up
    The Round-Up is underway. What are we hearing so far? See a few highlights in today's reminder, and watch for a full update next week. In the meantime, keep watching and listening for robins so you can join the Round-Up!
  • American Robin Migration Update: February 17, 2004
    Where were robins found in February? See your sightings as we unveil the 2004 Winter Robin Round-Up map! Find out how to tell the over-wintering robins from the first robins of spring, and learn surprising things in our photo study of robins in a ring around the bird bath.
  • American Robin Migration Update: March 2, 2004
    Robins are appearing in more places, but no big push northward has occurred yet. Play Name That Tune so you know when your robin is "home." When will robins reach the end of the road? Meet this year's NOPs (Northern Observation Posts) and make your predictions, starting with our Early Bird Contest. What's an isotherm? Investigate the relationship between robin migration and temperature.
  • American Robin Migration Update: March 9, 2004
    Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Watch for a full update next week--and keep watching and listening for robins!
  • American Robin Migration Update: March 16, 2004
    Robins are spreading out and creeping northward, but the big surge north is still to come. See what students report! Our up-close videos let you study robins giving the alarm call and true song with expert Laura Erickson guiding you. If you were an airborne robin, how would you spot a good territory?
     
  • American Robin Migration Update: March 23, 2004
    Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Watch for a full update next week--and keep watching and listening for robins!
  • American Robin Migration Update: March 30, 2004
    The migration continues its steady march and the maps show a clear pattern. A few robins are singing in Canada, and arrivals everywhere are busy setting up territories. Julie s Robin Hood is back for the 4th year! See her field notes and video clip with a surprise. Find out how to map YOUR robin s territory. Can you be the Expert and answer an observer s question about nest boxes?
  • American Robin Migration Update: April 6, 2004
    Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your migration map. Watch for a full update next week--and keep watching and listening for robins!
  • American Robin Migration Update: April 13, 2004
    Spring is spreading as robins, including first females, push steadily into Canada and points north. What happens when two "new kids on the block” go after the same territory? Discover the answer (and more questions) in our video clip. If your robins are back, watch out for flying balls of litter! Our inside scoop about nest building tells you what that means. Report your robins, all the way home!
  • American Robin Migration Update: April 27, 2004
    The robin migration has slowed, and robins are now singing in several Northern Observation Posts. Farther south, busy robins are laying eggs for the next generation. We’ve got the story on those little blue eggs, and also the scoop on poop. Peek into a nest with the Upland Hills School Nest cam video clips! See results of the 2004 Early Bird Contest, and try survival math in this week’s challenge question.
  • FINAL American Robin Migration Update: May 11, 2004
    After a long, cold spring, robins are reaching the northern limits of their range. Which 2 Northern Observation Posts are still holdouts? Even into Canada, robins are busily nesting and hatching the next generation. See photos, facts and fun about those babies in this week's report. You'll learn something surprising in our running robin video clip. Worm your way into an escaping predation race, and download our idea list for observations to make all summer long. Welcome home, robins!

 

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