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It was certainly not unreasonable for the robins to show up this week; temperatures are supposed to be in the forties this time of year, and some nice patches of green grass normally ought to be showing. However, this year we have two feet of snow still on the ground, with temperatures predicted to be well below zero Friday night (thirty degrees below normal).
The robins' reaction to all of this seemed at first to be utter disbelief, turning into a complete, dejected sulk. They perch about in the trees, hunched up and shivering, glowering at everything and everybody. Now, you'd think they could just fly back south a few miles, where the snow ends, but I guess their navigation systems don't allow for two migrations in a year. The alternative explanation of course is that robins are rather dim bulbs; an opinion which I've held for years. Robins are colorful, an icon of spring, and normally the cheeriest of birds... however they are not the Einsteins of the bird world.

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