I'd guess that one winter in PEI should be enough to convince any sane creature to head south for the next winter. :)

That is a simply incredible story. I remember one year in Spokane we had a really unseasonable warm streak for a couple of weeks of mid February. The Robins came back and we just assumed that spring had sprung early. Silly us. Canada sent us a last blast winter storm that was just epic. I got up one particular morning to -5C and 6 inches of fresh snow. There were maybe 10 robins clustered on the top of my then wife's SUV. I told her and went to blow the walks. She had fed them and cleared a gravel patch in the back by the time I went to work. The next day there were at least 50 Robins in the back yard when I went out and the day after that maybe 500. It was incredible.

Thanks for sharing your Mr. Robin Redbreast story. It truly touched my heart this morning.