I just looked out at the back I counted six robins hopping around.I watered the gardens maybe that is why they in my yard.


eldon voorhees

I usually see more robins when the grass is wet. They are able to get at the worms easier.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Yes, or turnover some new ground and see how long it takes robins to arrive.

Steve
Martinsville, In
Heat zone 6
Sunset zone 35

... or put in a bird bath. Robins really love to bathe! They will bathe three at a time in my bath with the Water Wiggler. They seem to love it more than any other type of bird that I have in my yard.

Carol

Carol R
Tennessee
USDA Hardiness Zone 7
Heat Zone 7

Carol--- I also have th water wiggler and I have seen a few birds use it but not robins, mainly blackbirds, but I havent had it very long and it is in a prime spot .

Steve
Martinsville, In
Heat zone 6
Sunset zone 35

I have never seen any of the robins in any of my bird baths. One has a pump but the others are stricktly bowls of water on a pedestal.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

I posted this picture on the Feathered Friends forum- I planted the fuchsia Marinka baskets for my front porch and have seen the hummingbird at them only once this year, but the robin family liked them. I took the picture from my living room and have pretty much had to avoid the porch for a few weeks.


Carol WNY
Amherst, NY
Zone 5

Carol,

GREAT SHOT!! Picture perfect! No wonder the hummers have ignored that plant!

Pam NJ 6B

Carol
Thanks for the picture. I remember you telling me about Ms. Robin in the fucshia. That really is picture perfect. BTW all of my plants are doing great. As much as I hated to see the cooler wet weather looming over us is was perfect timing right after I got everything planted

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Penny,
I'm hoping that now that the robins have left the nest the hummingbirds find it a quiet and tasty place to visit!

Thanks again for my plants, they are all doing well and I'm sure the rainy weather has helped them take hold.

By the way I got two different kinds of shrimp plants at a small nursery in Clarence and have already had a visit to them. I had never seen a shrimp plant before and now I have two!

Carol WNY
Amherst, NY
Zone 5

Those Shrimp plants are awsome. You will enjoy them and cuttings root easily too but they may take a little time. Did you put them in pots or in the ground. They will get much fuller in the ground. Last year my plant was used a lot.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39