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<\/a><\/p>\nOn Friday afternoon, before the big snowstorm started, a robin showed up at my window. When I opened it to throw a few raisins on the porch for him, he swiftly flew to the work surface on the side of the barbecue grill that’s right next to the window.<\/p>\n
That’s where I fed a winter robin last year and the year before. (I can reach out the window and sweep the snow away to make a landing place. That’s important when it’s snowing a few inches an hour.) This bird already knew the ropes and did not hesitate to land there, even though it’s as close as it looks, about two feet from me.<\/p>\n
I think it’s the same bird I’ve seen on snowy days in past years — click here to see him posing for a snow photo in a previous blog. I haven’t seen a robin on my porch during 2015’s entire warm December. I’m glad he remembered he can always get a meal here when the pickings are slim elsewhere.<\/p>\n
He came back several times during Saturday’s storm, always with his feathers puffed up for warmth, and sometimes standing on one foot. He was waiting at the window for breakfast when I woke up this morning.<\/p>\n