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IbogaProject

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4. They only eat worms while feeding hatchlings

Reply to Prairie_Seagull (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:10 PM

Jul 16

The rest of the year they eat fruit and such. The worms are regurgitated for their hatchlings. They don't fly south they just move closer to the coast in the winter.

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I don't know when the robins generally disappear but [View all] Prairie_Seagull Jul 16 OP

Robin migration is not really related to temperature Earl_from_PA Jul 16 #1

I can speak to it being a bumper year for cherries. Prairie_Seagull Jul 16 #5

Oh, thanks for adding where you are! Mike 03 Jul 16 #2

Was thinking about climate and maybe the robin in the coal mine. Prairie_Seagull Jul 16 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Mike 03 Jul 16 #3

They only eat worms while feeding hatchlings IbogaProject Jul 16 #4