When Do Robins Arrive??

European Robins are winter birds, they come to gardens in winter and they go back in the mountains as soon as the temperature goes up.

All robins are not the same: The vast majority of robins do move south in the winter. However, some stick around — and move around — in northern locations. Robins migrate more in response to food than to temperature. Fruit is the robin's winter food source. As the ground thaws in the spring, they switch to earthworms and insects. While the robins may arrive when temperatures reach 37 degrees, this is because their food becomes available not because the robins themselves need warm temperatures. Robins wander in the winter: Temperatures get colder as winter progresses. Robins need more food when it's cold and more and more of the fruit gets eaten. Robins move here and there in response to diminishing food supplies and harsh weather. If all robins wintered at their breeding latitude, there wouldn't be enough fruit for them all. So robins tend to spread out in the winter in search of fruit. Most hang out where fruit is abundant, but some take the risk of staying farther north where smaller amounts of fruit remain. We have robins year round here in TN.

Maybe the robin never left.

I know it is cold and snowing in NY where I have family and friends. It must be even colder in Ontario. I can't imagine why a spring bird would be there now with several months of cold and snow left to endure. I hope it will be spring soon.

There are no robins here.

I don't know about Canadian robins but in the UK robins don't leave for winter. They stay all year round but in the dull days of winter they stand out more.

Spring here when we see them.

I can't help you. None of our birds migrate for the winter but some migrate to breed elsewhere.