After what felt like the longest winter in recent memory. spring has finally arrived. Be sure to check out our official spring forecast and then take a look outside, because you're probably already ...

A robin rests atop a street sign in west Brainerd on Thursday, March 26, 2026. While it was a windy, cold and cloudy day, with afternoon temperatures in the low 30s, the return of robins is a sure ...

“The early bird catches the worm.” It’s an old adage that most likely refers to the American robin (Turdus Migratorius). This year, I first saw robins in late March, right around the time that maple ...

The arrival of robins is a sure sign that spring is on its way in Michigan, right? Yes and no. It's a little complicated, according to Andrew Farnsworth, a visiting scientist at the Cornell Lab of ...

In my opinion, the robin gets too much credit for being a harbinger of spring. Sure, most robins migrate each fall from Michigan to warmer places for the winter, but a few do remain behind in brushy ...

QUASQUETON — Just sitting here on Monday, the second day of daylight savings time, watching the steam rise off my maple sap and thinking that the onset of spring — this, my 77th — never gets old. The ...