This will be short. I started writing it in between visits outside to shovel snow that just kept falling yesterday. it looked like at least 7 or 8 inches when I went out for the first round. By the time I was done another half inch had already fallen. I wound up shoveling three times total yesterday. The snow was heavier and wetter this time around. I went back out this morning and discovered the snow plows had come down the street last night, walling me in. I dug out my car and am thinking I will attempt a grocery round so I don’t have to do everything tomorrow. We might get some more snow, but it’s of the lake-effect variety and I am going in the opposite direction.
After waiting for what seemed like forever to see the berries on my hawthorn tree disappear, I managed to catch this robin feasting on some of what few were left last Saturday. Yesterday morning when I went out to the yard there were five robins in the same tree so they likely finished up the job.
Suffice it to say I was quite fascinated by the robin’s berry-fetching technique. I am sort of sorry I had a lot of branches loaded with berries trimmed off the tree back in November, but they were practically into my neighbor’s yard. I look forward to this year’s crop and anticipate waiting for February 2023 to see the berries disappear.
So I will go out now and do said grocery shopping while it seems safe. I get to park on my side of the street today which will make bringing the bags in easier. At least that’s my strategy. Stay safe and warm wherever you are.
Isn’t it great to see Robins in winter? The first I ever saw them was in January 2005 and they were massed around shrubs and trees eating berries. I was stunned to find out that Robins winter over here in MA. Your photos of them with berries are perfect. I hope your snows aren’t too disruptive to your routine. C’mon Spring
Thanks, Babsje! I have been running into small but persistent flocks of Robins all winter – and staring at the berries on my hawthorn wondering just when, if ever, they would get around to them. The photos are all of the one bird I saw in my yard at that moment, I suspect it’s “my” Robin. But I have never pushed the boundaries of our relationship by trying to figure out where he nests during the spring. 🙂
Robins!! Thanks Lisa.
Thanks, MaryLee! Yes, we may sometimes take them for granted but our Robins are really special birds! 🙂
Berry good shots, Lisa! 🙂
Some nice pictures of the robin. Currently I am warm today down near Cape Canaveral National Seashore. Alas, the cold and ice are in the near future. Keep taking pictures and expressing your thoughts.
Nice to know you are warm. I was just thinking about likely complaining about the heat in a few months… Maybe you can bring some warmer weather back with you!
Well done for catching the berry eaters in action.
I know, right? The berries always eventually disappeared without me seeing anybody enjoying them. I got lucky.