A gorgeous photo by Diane of a very red-breasted robin. This is a male, identified by the vivid red breast (females have a duller colour), sitting on a sumac, making for a striking image. We seem to have had few robins around this winter, unlike last year (a much milder winter) when we had quite a few around the region, including at the FWG/Arboretum.

Diane said that there were a number of birds around the FWG, including this robin, a red-winged blackbird, cardinals, downy woodpeckers, house finches, dark-eyed juncos, white-throated sparrows (3), common redpolls (5), black-capped chickadees, white-breasted nuthatch,and overhead, ring-billed gulls.