The First Robin Of Spring

A Robin searching for food in a Missouri field

Yesterday evening, while biking to work (I work night shifts at my weather job), I heard the first robin in many months! The first chirp from a robin has traditionally been associated with the beginning of spring.  This is apparent in two famous 19th century poems: Emily Dickinson’s “I Dreaded That First Robin So,” a […]

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