What do robins eat when there is snow on the ground?

Have you ever wondered what the Wisconsin state bird eats when there is snow on the ground or the worms are frozen?  Well, I have, but last Sunday (March 27) when I was hiking the Derek Dobogai trail in Kiekhaefer Park, I saw how God takes care of his birds (Matthew 6: 26).

As I was heading back from the loop to the north end of the park I heard a passel of robins up ahead.  When I got closer, I noticed they were in a grove of sumacs pecking away at last year's red seed head, eating sumac seeds, I would guess.  They really didn't want me getting too close, so I'm glad I have a 20X zoom on my camera.  It should be noted that the camera was in color mode, but the pic sure looks black and white with red highlighting.

Anyway, those red-breasted robins are just another sure sign that God will soon be blessing us with spring weather.  And since the robins have now been snowed on three times, I would guess that spring is just around the corner.

Don