Name: Big Bill Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a) If you need to relax, grow plants!!
Salt is not the only chemical that is put on the roads.
Birds are creatures of habit. Even though their lifespan is short this could be a learned behavior. They saw someone else do it. Doesn't have to have been a Robin.
Orchid lecturer, teacher and judge. Retired Wildlife Biologist. Supervisor of a nature preserve up until I retired.