You had me curious, so I went on line and researched it.

Yes, they do sometimes eat grain. And Yes, it is when there is not enough
of their regular food available.

You can put out fruit and meal worms for them during those times and they
will appreciate it.



Betty Boyd

Chimacum Wa

boyd6016 at q.com



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From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Tyler Hicks
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 1:43 PM
To: Tweeters ListServ
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Robns eating grain



We also observed this phenomena at our feeders as well. I noticed that many
of the fruit resources were greatly depleted by robin, waxwing, and starling
flocks during the December cold snap. I would suppose that the robins are
having a rough time of it now. We have also had several Varied Thrush at the
feeders or sneaking scratch from the chicken coop while our hens were not
looking while a Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler has been working the eaves of
the house for freeze dried insects.

Makes me thankful for a warm house and a full cupboard/freezer!

Cheers,

Tyler Hicks
E: uplandsandpiper at hotmail.com
W: http://www.thingswithwings.org

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From: gorgebirds at juno.com
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:59:40 +0000
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu; obol at freelists.org
CC:
Subject: [Tweeters] Robns eating grain

There are two AMERICAN ROBINS eating cracked corn from the seed mix that I
put out over the ice covered snow here in Skamania County. This is the first
time I have seen a Robin eating grain.





Wilson Cady
Columbia River Gorge, WA


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