American Robin
Although called a Robin - due to its orange breast - this is in fact a Thrush, the largest in North America. The male and female are very similar, but the female is duller, so this is probably a male.
American Robins are industrious and authoritarian birds that bound across lawns or stand erect, beak tilted upward (as this one kindly demonstrates!), to survey their environs. When alighting they habitually flick their tails downward several times.
Like the UK blackbird, American Robin's do sometimes stay close by when you are in the garden, no doubt in case you unearth some juicy morsel.
American Robin
Although called a Robin - due to its orange breast - this is in fact a Thrush, the largest in North America. The male and female are very similar, but the female is duller, so this is probably a male.
American Robins are industrious and authoritarian birds that bound across lawns or stand erect, beak tilted upward (as this one kindly demonstrates!), to survey their environs. When alighting they habitually flick their tails downward several times.
Like the UK blackbird, American Robin's do sometimes stay close by when you are in the garden, no doubt in case you unearth some juicy morsel.