Where Are You Seeing Robins in the St. Michael-Albertville Area?

When spring arrives in Minnesota, it isn’t unusual to see a robin or two making an appearance, announcing the changing of the seasons. 

The spring of 2013 is a whole different story. 

Robins, sometimes in groups of 50 or more, have been making their way around the St. Michael-Albertville area and the Twin Cities. A group has been spotted in Otsego (see photo). 

In nearby Maple Grove, one Patch user caught photos of robins “invading” his crab tree and Facebook users stated. 

Jenny Stack Flaherty - “We had about 100 in our crab apple tree this weekend!! 

Larry Cooke – “ I have hundreds at my house too…they’re feeding like crazy on the crabapple trees.”

Are you wondering why we’re getting so many robins? Kirk Mona, a Twin Cities naturalist, writes about it in his latest blog, “What’s up with all the Robins?”

There are several reasons large numbers of robins are making an appearance in the Twin Cities, according to Mona, among them weather and migration.

“Pretty much the entire Mississippi Flyway's worth of robins are backed up in the Twin Cities right now,” Mona wrote in his blog. “These are resident birds mixed in with a sizable percentage of all the birds in Canada.”

SHARE: What has been the best hangout for robins in and around St. Michael? What are they feeding on in your area? Why do you think there are so many robins this year?  Share in comments and upload your robin pictures to our photo gallery!