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No More First Robin of Spring

Data from Audubon's Christmas Bird Count (CBC) indicates that the American Robin is no longer a sure sign of spring in Colorado. Per the report, the portion of robins wintering in Colorado vs. migrating has increased over 1,500 percent since I was born in 1969. Sadly, it seems this delightful bird is becoming a much more worrisome first sign of global climate change in my neck of the woods.

Interested about your area? See the Audubon study here ( http://www.audubon.org/news/pressroom/bacc/releases.html ) .

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