What kind of bird is this?

This bird looks like a robin - I thought robins went south for the winter and this one has more red coloring than orange on it.
@dragon54u (31636)
United States
January 13, 2009 4:03pm CST
It looks kind of like a robin, but I thought robins went south for the winter! It's cold here in Ohio and the poor thing is all puffed up trying to keep warm!I love watching the birds outside my window, but this one is new to me!
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@uath13 (8192)
• United States
24 Jan 09
It's a robin. They don't always have to migrate, especially if it's a mild winter. Also he could be one from even further north, he's more used to it so he might now be SOUTH.
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@uath13 (8192)
• United States
24 Jan 09
Well they're a berry preferring bird so I'm not sure. They will eat seeds if that's all that available. I'd check to see what the stores offered.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
24 Jan 09
He doesn't like sunflower seeds that I feed the others but I saw the pair eating old berries off my tree. Do you know what I could put out to feed them?
• China
7 Feb 09
I would like to hear the voices of birds singing,likes to watch them in the woods,the grass looks like flying,watching them I saw the free!
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
7 Feb 09
Birds are beautiful, aren't they? Last night I sat out on my back steps and saw hundreds and hundreds of crows flying southwest. They just kept coming! It was an endless stream, like something out of a movie, and so lovely.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
23 Jan 09
Hey dragon54u. coming from a family that like birds and all sorts of animals, i can definitely say that bird is a robin 100%. When I was a young boy we used to go for bird trapping. Robins are very easily to get trapped since they are very territorial. unfortunately they are very difficult to keep in a cage. And most of them used to die after a few weeks. Then when I grew up I began to appreciate them much more. Educational campaigns informed us not to trap these wonderful birds.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
24 Jan 09
Thank you for identifying it for me! I haven't heard it sing or I would know it was a robin, but then there's no reason for them to sing since they have no babies or eggs to protect. Most of our robins fly south for the winter so I hope these two pairs that I've seen will survive. They are not eating the seed in my feeder so I throw fruit and bread into the alley where my dogs can't get it and I notice that they eat that. They are my favorite bird!
@benhilo (871)
• Tripoli, Libya
13 Jan 09
Without more detail, I would have to say that is a Robin. I lived to Colorado, about the 8000 ft level and some of the Robin stay thru the winter. If there is food and shelter they will stay.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 Jan 09
I hope it is, I love robins. It's redder than the others I've seen, though. Thanks for replying!
• United States
13 Jan 09
I am not sure what it is but i agree it does look cold.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 Jan 09
I feel sorry for the poor little birds. I wanted to put a house out there for them but my dad says they only use birdhouses for nesting. I wonder if that's true?
@IsisGreen (554)
13 Jan 09
It does indeed look like a robin to me, although I admit to being no twitcher. Odd that he'd still be there this time of year, but he looks like he has enough to keep him warm though.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 Jan 09
I'm surprised he didn't go to the bird feeder or the suet I have out there. I hope he'll stay, robins are my favorite bird!
@GreenMoo (11834)
30 Jan 09
I don't know how cold Ohio gets in winter, but I thought that robins were fine with colder weather. They're a feature of the British winter, after all. We have several who follow us around the garden. Though robins are territorial birds, I think my garden intersects several territories.
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