The American Robin is a familiar bird in the winter time in northeast Ohio. People have called asking what to feed them. The robin's diet normally consists of fruit, seeds and insects. In the wintertime they feast on a variety of fruits such as crabapples. You can place fresh fruit (apples) cut up, soaked dried fruit like raisins on a low platform. If a robin is super hungry they may eat suet, grapes and peanuts. The best way of helping out robins and other fruit eating birds is to plant landscape to support them such as crabapples, holly, winterberry, etc. Thank you to Mary Ann from Blackbrook Audubon for this picture.
