Robin sighting today 02/19/2026 in Pacific, Mo

[IrishEyes]

I am excited! First one I have heard about but that is great!

 

[hawkdon]

well I saw some a week ago just befoe the rain we had!!!!

 

[IrishEyes]

well I saw some a week ago just befoe the rain we had!!!!

That figures out with the distance between us. I wait for that 1st sighting every year, makes me happppy!
This was about 20 of them in a field digging up worms after our rain.

 

[hollydolly]

Robin ?...as in the bird ?... we have Robins here every day of the year....

here's some from my garden...

they love it when we work in the garden and they'll often sit on one of the toosls waiting for us to dig up worms...

when the tree suregons were taking a break the resident robin came and sat waiting on their hard hats...

 

[IrishEyes]

They migrate here in the states. Go south for the winter, even down into Mexico
Then back up in the warmer months. We see a Robin and we knew Spring is pretty much here.
Like seeing the sun after a dull gray winter. Feels great.

 

[Paco Dennis]

American Robin...

 

[IrishEyes]

Ours looks like this

 

[IrishEyes]

Cardinals stay all year, Hummingbirds migrate too, hummers should be here by mid-March most likely this year.

 

[Kaila]

The bird we call a Robin, in the USA, is a member of the thrush family.

The bird called a Robin, in the u.k. ,
it's an entirely different Family....flycatchers,I think.

 

[IrishEyes]

The bird we call a Robin, in the USA, is a member of the thrush family.

The bird called a Robin, in the u.k. ,
it's an entirely different Family....flycatchers,I think.

I was thinking the one in the U.K. looked smaller a bit daintier or fragile than ours does.
Ours has to be a strong one to live through all that migrating I am sure.

 

[Jules]

We saw a robin last week. Today it’ll be sorry that it returned. Brrr.

 

[IrishEyes]

When I was in Illinois I had one that I know returned to my house for 3 years.
I would be out weeding my flower beds and she would come about a foot away from me
and follow me through the beds as I cleared and section and grab the worms and bugs I
dug up. Only the one would do it. Then one year none did, so I guess she didn't make it that year.

 

[That Lady in PA]

Robins year round here… some just don’t leave!

 

[Kaila]

Robins year round here… some just don’t leave!

That's true! Some don't.
They're sometimes just less noticeable and visible to people, in winter, unless there's a group of them.
Is that how you see them in PA?

In winter, the ones who don't migrate South, have to change their habits and their diets, while they can't pull worms from the ground. Therefore, people don't see them and assume they've left.

Either way it's a sign of Spring, when we see them foraging on the ground.