As many insects go into hibernation, robins are left with fewer food sources to draw from. Throughout the winter, wild berries will make up the majority of a robin’s diet. This is the time of year ...

A nearby male robin looked like good prey to stalk, and I began quietly following the bird. A hunting robin epitomizes intensity, its laser focus on the ground nearby.

Yet this amazing, ubiquitous bird is not without enemies. Snakes, squirrels, foxes and cats all prey on robins. But perhaps the robins most dangerous foe in the 1950s and 1960s was humans.