I See Robins I have been receiving a lot of emails, pictures included, of people spotting robins in their yard. Robins in your yard does not necessarily mean spring is here. Some robins actually winter here. When we have a mild spell they are visible but when it is cold they retreat back to the brush. Yes, I have had reports of upwards of a dozen robins in someone’s front yard. I even saw fifteen in my own front yard a couple of weeks ago. When you spot robins in the mid Atlantic it does not mean that old man winter won’t return but it does mean he is on vacation at that time. If you spot a robin in the northern Plains or upper Midwest or interior New England then winter must be over. Robins will not winter this far north. They are only found in the northern climes in summer. If you want to attract robins and many birds for that matter water and not food is the way to go. Some experts claim that robins bathe twice a day. When their young hatch they can spend fifteen hours of the day feeding the chicks. Caterpillars and not earthworms are their favorite food. Earthworms make up almost thirty percent of their diet but caterpillars make up fifty percent.  ¶ 4:58 PM