Not A Sign Of Spring

This morning there were several American Robins (Turdus migratorius) out looking for their cold weather food, berries and small fruits. Easy things to find up here.

For many of the Robins, they’re here year-round. Some do migrate but many others stay in the same general area. Roaming in large groups, from here to there, looking for those berries and small fruits. They stay until that food source is gone and then they move on to the next plentiful location.

Occasionally they will join up with Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) in their search for trees and bushes such as holly, juniper, crabapple, hawthorn, along with many others.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.