Robin in Canada

[dolmansaxlil]

Your robins are so much cuter than ours! Ours are known as a sign of spring.

[AndyD]

If you come over for a holiday you could stay with us where I can promise robins looking in as you play our Bluthner

[Bernard]

I love the European Robin, so adorable. I love our robins too, they have a lovely song.

Will this one survive the winters up there?

[Piano*Dad]

Probably not. They're not particularly cold hardy.

[AndyD]

Yeah. Like any of these exciting birdy anomalies there'll be a lonely end. I'll never be a twitcher making a list.
Birds are so fragile even in their usual ideal environment, always living near the edge.

[Mik]

I heard that story on NPR the other day. Well traveled bird!

[AndyD]

This short video brought a smile
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DE9uX2PnD/

I'd love to see a red in our garden, we're on the border of grey/red populations and have neither.
What squirrels are local to you?

[dolmansaxlil]

We have grey squirrels here (many of which are black in colour, but still grey squirrels). We do apparently have American Red Squirrels here, though they aren’t as common in residential/urban areas and I rarely see them. Our red squirrels don’t look like the UK version though - they just look like smaller, reddish versions of the grey ones.

[AndyD]

Reds here are cute with their ear tufts.
Bit of a generalisation but our Greys are pests

[dolmansaxlil]

I wish we had chipmunks in our residential neighbourhoods here. They do live in forested areas here, and a few hours north (where my parents have a very modest cottage) they are everywhere! They are ridiculously cute - way better than squirrels!