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Michigan's State Bird is the American Robin, Many people look for the "First Robin of Spring". Although most robins do migrate, some remain during the winter months, and some of those will survive to be the "First Robins of Spring".
In March, a large number of robins were in my backyard, indicating that a wave of robins had migrated back to Michigan. They are very prolific singers, with a song that sounds like "Cheer-up cheerily, cheer-up cheerily."
American Robins, Turdus migratorius, are members of the thrush family of birds. This picture shows its winter colors.
Because they are so common, robins are under-appreciated, in my opinion. So when I get what I consider to be a good a shot of one of these handsome birds, I sometimes decide to post it. I especially like how this robin was framed nicely amongst the branches, and the way that the sun was illuminating that pretty orange breast.
HWW
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There apparently were nestlings or fledglings nearby that were waiting for this mouthful of worms and larvae :-)
This American Robin was seen at Walden Ponds Nature Area, near Boulder, Colorado.
Common, and widepread, American Robins are always a welcome sight in Spring. Although some robins remain to struggle through the cold winter months, most robins migrate southward for the winter.
They are common backyard birds that will sing sweetly all through the early morning. This male robin was seen in a low, swampy area of Lake St Clair Metropark, a typical place to find winter non-migrating robins.
State Bird of Michigan.
an older shot but I am definitely seeing robins looking for food on the hardened landscape as they search for anything emerging from a long winter's sleep
This American Robin had just eaten some berries. If you look close you will see some berry juices left on its beak.
-Turdus migratorius
American Robin listening for movement in the grass in the Gillies Lake Conservation Area located in Timmins in the Township of Tisdale in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Photographed the American Robin perched on the fence barbed wire alongside the Bridge to Bridge Trail located in Mountjoy in Mountjoy Township in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Photographed American Robin searching for food in the backyard located in Timmins in the Township of Mountjoy in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Photographed the juvenile American Robin searching for food in the backyard located in Timmins in Mountjoy Township in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Photographed the American Robin busy catching worms on the backyard lawn at the Reid's cottage in the Town of Heart's Delight on the Avalon Peninsula in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
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The robins show up very early in the spring. They court, raise their young and enjoy the hillside fare. The meadows are rich with lots of earthworms, insects and berries - not a bad place to come back to
American robin (Turdus migratorius, Turdidae) through a double-pane window on a gray and snowy early spring day.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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I had fun photographing common American Robins today as they ate crabapples. They really are pretty (especially in winter) and frequently underrated birds.
American Robin
Just outside my desk window is a pyracantha bush and the berries have ripened attracting mainly American Robins and a few Cedar Waxwings. Birds including the robin pluck the berry and then position it before swallowing it
My pyracantha bushes had tens of thousands of berries yesterday. Today only a few hundred remain thanks to a large flock of robins. I cut a few branches and hung them from a tripod in good light and clicked away "When the red, red robin comes bob-bob bobbin' along, along." (Al Jolson song)
A quintessential, but young wet robin perches on a popular perch in rain and sprinkles. Not sure why the perch seems popular with small and large birds, raptors included.
Migration: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Robin/maps-range
Larger view: www.flickr.com/photos/jan-timmons/52998468789/sizes/o/
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Today was an amazing day and I saw many robins on the park. Like me, they were enjoying this beautiful Spring day.
@Stoevers Dam Park-Lebanon, PA
Thank you very much for the kind comments and faves, much appreciated!🙋♀️
Nikon D500, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 340mm, f/7.1, 1/250, ISO 800. Aka orange-breasted thrush. View Large.
The early bird catches the worm...too early for me (06:58). Took this and then went back to bed.
Cornell writes: "The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground."
I'm always amazed at how Robins can continuously come up with worms in a lawn. I see worms when they're on the sidewalk or driveway, sure, but never in the grass...good thing they're not a dietary staple for me, I guess. :-)
HSS
This American Robin photograph was taken in Alberta, Canada on a sunny day.
The American robin is a migratory bird of the Thrush family.
It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family.
-Turdus migratorius
Nikon D500, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 500mm, f/7.1, 1/1600, ISO 900. Orange-breasted thrush. View Large.
Nikon Z 9, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 6400. Juvenile and an adult. View Large.
American Robin.
9 to 11 inches in length. Gray above and brick red below. In males, the head and tail is black while females are dull gray. Young birds are spotted below.
Inhabits towns, gardens, opeen woodlands and agricultural land.
They range from Alaska east across North America to Newfoundland and south to California, Texas, Arkansas and South Carolina. They winter north to British Columbia and Newfoundland.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.