I was surprised a couple of weeks ago when a friend told me she had seen a robin at her place. This seemed really early for a robin to be showing up in the Robson Valley. Then yesterday, I happened to look out of the kitchen window and also saw a robin. It was hopping down the snow-sided sidewalk. What are they doing here, it is way too early.
I am always on the lookout for Signs of Spring, and in that sense, I am happy to spot a robin, but at the same time, I worry. What in the world are they going to eat this time of year, with snow covering the ground. I always think of robins eating earthworms, but there are certainly none of them available this time of year.
Joining the robin on the sidewalk was a Varied Thrush. They are about the same size as robins, and are in the same Family, but while they also have the reddish breast, the varied thrush are more distinct, sporting a black “V” starting at their shoulders and down their breast. I generally see them early in the spring, and normally, before I see any robins.
I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised at seeing the robin, this has been a very confusing and very mild winter, with long periods with no snow on the ground. I guess that prompted the male robins to begin their migration to the Valley, earlier than usual.
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