Weakest winter I've ever seen, I see the Robins are back as of yesterday..they know it's over.

Thanks global warming! Clearly unextreme weather is caused by it.

Thanks global warming! Clearly unextreme weather is caused by it.

You evil fucker. Why would you spit in the face of mother nature like that? She's a mean spiteful bitch and she's gonna get you for that.

Arent you buried in like 17" of snow?

We had no snow on the ground for all of January. If you remember, it all melted a few days after Christmas. And it looks like all of February will be without any snow on the ground.

That's amazing and I'm sure that's never happened in Chicago's history. No snow on the ground for all of Jan and Feb.

No. I'm inside.

Damn.

Weakest winter I've ever seen, I see the Robins are back as of yesterday..they know it's over.

Celebrate in March my friend.

Actually, I saw robins on a warm day in early January. Which means they never leave. How do those little bastards survive the winter. That always amazes me. You'd think on the first Zero degree day in the winter they would freeze to death. But they don't.

Where do they hide on those cold days and how do they eat when there is 10 inches of snow on the ground?

Some birds won't migrate if the weather doesn't force them to. They don't have to eat every day.

I get that. But how do they know if they're gonna be forced to migrate? They know the weather for the entire winter? There have been 0 degree days this winter? Why didn't they die?

No way this winter is over.

Nobody has given me a good answer. Fine, the robin has to go south when it's forced to do so. But once it hits 0 degrees for an extended period of time, isn't it too late? Tough to fly down south in that weather. That's a long way. And it's also cold in down state Illinois. That's a hell of a long way to be in the cold.

I'm just amazed by it. Humans die in cold weather. But a 3 ounce bird survives it? I don't get it. Good for them. It's an amazing thing to me.

Weakest winter I've ever seen, I see the Robins are back as of yesterday..they know it's over.

Robins never leave. Doesn't matter how cold it gets. Get by on berries instead of bugs.

If I had to guess, I'd day it doesn't take them long to get a few hours South. Remember, they can fly straight. Online, it says the presence of bird feeders has made more stay as well.

Fine. A few hours. But in that flight it's still cold in down state illinois. So, my point is, once they figure out that they have to get out of dodge, how do they survive that long flight in 0 degree weather.

I'll never get a good answer. I'm just saying, the robin is an amazing animal. Humans die if they're out in the cold for a long time. But this 5 ounce bird doesn't.