Can heavy metals or pesticides accumulate in robins through their diet?

Dec 5, 2006 ... Q. What happens to robins when worms are in scarce supply? A. Robins can easily switch from eating a lot of worms to taking almost entirely ... Jan 5, 2023 ... White robins eat worms in the spring and summer; in the winter, they switch to eating berries. In the winter robins devour crabapples, holly ... Jan 8, 2001 ... It is possible (WAG alert) that those birds that do eat worms do not recognize the sidewalk variety as food. Robins, for example, actively ... Feb 19, 2013 ... What do you think? (photo by Chuck Tague). Post navigation ... Robins eat berries in winter. Perhaps your yard has some? In any ... Sep 2, 2020 ... Most of us would have asked some basic questions about our new bird friends: “Why are robin eggs vibrant blue?” “What kind of bird is that?” “ ... Apr 16, 2013 ... Robin diet is almost only earth worms until the fruit ripens. My cherry tree is given over to the robins. My advice is to destroy every robin ... May 3, 2017 ... ... robins - 'attacking' or pecking at their windows. This is different from them slamming into the window when they do not see it. Robins - or ... Jan 16, 2024 ... ... robins descend upon the crab apple tree in my neighbor's yard. When cold weather causes the ... Jan 20, 2016 ... Robins rely on worms and insects as food during the warmer seasons, but when the ground freezes, that food source disappears. These birds then ... Jun 9, 2023 ... After a bit of research, I found out that the babies get fed not only worms but also insects and berries. How do the parents find enough food to ...