You’ve spotted a robin eating berries in a tree. Is this a harbinger of spring in the frozen Inland Northwest? Although the “first robin of spring” is a phrase enshrined in folklore and literature, it ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A robin appeared to pose for a photo just days before the first day of spring. Robert Bye of Sioux Falls said he took the photo in his backyard. The bird was perched in a ...

Harbinger of Spring: Since ancient times, people from numerous cultures have turned to nature for the indication of seasonal change. Before the weather-predicting technologies that we have today, many ...

The first phœbe bird, the first song sparrow, the first robin or bluebird in March or early April, is like the first ripple of the rising tide on the shore. In my boyhood the vast armies of the ...

Our state bird — adaptable, amenable to sharing the landscape with humans, getting plump year-round on whatever invasive species is available — is out, hopping and a’ bopping and a’ singing its song. ...

On the same spring day in Wisconsin, from Kenosha to Superior and in habitats from wild to urban, one bird species is ubiquitous: the American robin. And we don't have any difficulty seeing or ...