I saw a robin (the bird kind) this morning while walking the dog. They used to be a harbinger of spring. It's only January 6, the ground is covered with snow and it's currently raining and creating floods. It must have got blown in on the hurricane force winds that we had a couple of days ago. Spring comes here earlier than most places in this country, but this bird is very premature in it's arrival and will have a long wait for mate I fear. Probably something to do with this global warming stuff.