The baby robins better keep their beaks high or they might drown in their nest with the rain storms. Normally the female will shield her young but I bet the female robin wished she had built her nest some place drier this year.
Keep the Beaks High
Picture of the Day for May 13, 2013
Apparently the robin hid its tail numerous times so its tail wouldn’t get snowed on three times and let spring come. Hopefully the unexpected snow on Saturday fooled the robins and their tails got snowed on so winter can leave. The hummingbirds, orioles, grosbeaks and bluebirds would appreciate no more snow and so would I.
Snow on the Robin’s Tail
Picture of the Day for May 3, 2013
This weather is not even for the birds, not with this much snow in May! The robins have had their tails snowed on more than three times already so where in the heck is spring!
Where is Spring?
Picture of the Day for April 6, 2013
I saw the first robin back yesterday but farmers in rural Wisconsin always say that it is not officially ‘Spring’ until it has snowed on the Robins’ tail three times.
Now that the robins are back, I wished it would hurry up and snow the three times on their tails so spring can arrive. I don’t know why the robins came back since there are no worms, no leaves on the trees, and very few patches of ground showing.
And it snowed later in the day, so two more times left!
Picture of the Day for November 17, 2012
To close out this week’s ‘hunting for spring’ theme, I figured I needed a picture of the robin since they say that it’s not officially spring until ‘it has snowed on the Robins’ tail three times.
Robin Bringing in Spring
Picture of the Day for September 13, 2012
Another sure sign that winter is approaching was seeing all the robins gathering on the lawn yesterday, including the ‘little’ babies from the last batch.
Big Baby Robin
