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American Robin (Turdus migratorius) at a spring fed wetland in a small urban pond in northeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
19 December, 2015.
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Sorry for all the Robin pics, but they are a beautiful bird and they are very willing subjects to practice on :-)
A story told by Mary M. Alward
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An Inuit Tale
Long ago, in the cold North Land, there was only one fire. A man and his small boy were Keepers of the Fire. The man tended the fire at night. The boy watched over it during the day. One day, the man had to leave his home to go hunting. He would not be back until the next day.
“You will have to watch the fire all night,” he told his son. “Do not fall asleep, or the fire will go out.”
“I will stay awake,” the boy promised.
While the boy watched the fire, a large polar bear hid in the snow nearby.
“If the little boy goes to sleep, I will put the fire out,” said the polar bear. “Then all of the people will be so cold. They will have to leave the North Land. I will have it all to myself.”
Late in the night, the boy began to feel sleepy. “I must not go to sleep,” he told himself. “Father would be very angry if he came home and found I’d let the fire go out.”
Soon, the boy had fallen fast asleep. The bear ran to the fire and stomped it out with his great wet feet. He then returned to his home on the ice.
“Now, all the people will have to leave this land,” the polar bear said. “I will have all the fish I want to eat.”
Unknown to the polar bear, a robin had been watching his movements. The robin saw a red glow from the fire and realized that it was still burning. The robin flew down and fanned the fire with his wings. “Fire, please burn,” he said.
After a long while, the fire flamed brightly. It burned the feathers on the robin’s breast until they were bright red. The robin didn’t mind as long as the fire continued to burn.
“Now, I will carry fire to every home in the North Land,” the robin decided.
First, the robin woke the little boy, who was still fast asleep. Then, he flew away. Wherever the robin landed, a new fire began to burn. Soon, instead of one tiny fire in the North Land, there was a fire in every home.
When the polar bear saw all the fires, he was very angry. Now the North Land would never be his.
The people of the North Land never forgot how the gray robin got his red breast. They still call him Robin Redbreast to this day.
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 have a spotted breast area.
Inhabits towns, gardens, open woodlands and agricultural land.
They range from Alaska east to Newfoundland and south to California in the west and Texas and South Carolina in the east. They winter as far north as British Columbia and Newfoundland.
Crosswinds Marsh, Wayne County, Michigan.
Outside Zion National Park
Springdale
Utah
USA
The robin had just finished eating a fresh worm out of the ground.
The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird 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. The American robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering from southern Canada to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. According to some sources, the American robin ranks behind only the red-winged blackbird (and just ahead of the introduced European starling and the not-always-naturally-occurring house finch) as the most abundant extant land bird in North America. It has seven subspecies, but only T. m. confinis of Baja California Sur is particularly distinctive, with pale gray-brown underparts.
The American robin is active mostly during the day and assembles in large flocks at night. Its diet consists of invertebrates (such as beetle grubs, earthworms, and caterpillars), fruits, and berries. It is one of the earliest bird species to lay eggs, beginning to breed shortly after returning to its summer range from its winter range. Its nest consists of long coarse grass, twigs, paper, and feathers, and is smeared with mud and often cushioned with grass or other soft materials. It is among the first birds to sing at dawn, and its song consists of several discrete units that are repeated.
There are several of these berry-laden Hawthorn trees along the Salmon Creek trail. The American Robins are taking full advantage of them!
There's a wind storm approaching, the birds can tell something is up, so this Robin is taking a bath.
The Robins and the Cedar Waxwings found the ripe Crab Apples and gobbled them all up in about 6 hours. I was happy too because I thought the tree might have been sick because it was left alone for so long, but a huge flock descended on these yummies and filled their bellies. Robins usually return here in early February.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) feeding on Mountain Ash berries in an urban park in northeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
That winter a large number of robins overwintered in the area and survived by feeding on berries and minnows captured in the open waters of a small pond in the park.
20 January, 2016.
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Turdus migratorius: So much for their scientific name since more and more of them do not migrate South anymore!
Common and familiar and almost everywhere, the robin is the true sign of spring as it returns from wintering grounds. Busy building its nest of mud and grass, this one was not happy at being interrupted.
Kawartha Lakes, Ontario
She is pretty in the sunshine. That floofy belly looks so soft.
Female American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Garland, Texas
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An American Robin fledgling waits in the rain for Dad to deliver an osoberry directly to its mouth. Then Dad led it to the osoberry (aka Indian Plum) bush so it could make the connection itself. Fledglings in the Pacific Northwest have to learn to live with the rain!
This little guy just watched me take photos of nearby birds. He was so cute and patient until I took his photo.
The first time this year we saw a bunch of Robins. A sure sign that spring is almost here. Merwin Preserve, McLean County, Illinois.
The American Robin is often among the first songbirds singing as dawn rises or hours before, and last as evening sets in.
Coming home today, my eagle eye wife right away noticed two Robins in the tree in our front yard. They were sitting very quietly and hardly moving - only occasionally grabbing one of the berries. It was odd to see them so still. Perhaps the berries had started to ferment and they were a bit high. This time of year, they were definitely out of place - we usually don't see them until early spring when they return after migrating south. I'm guessing this might have something to do with our warmer than usual winter.
I was shooting against a drab featureless sky here and popped up the on camera flash to light up the bird from underneath. That accidentally created a high key effect but I liked it better than the under exposed version without the flash. The birds never moved - at least not until someone came along while walking a dog and they flew up onto the electrical wires just above the tree.
Thoughts of a robin when the mob invaded her birdbath.
Female Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Female American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Garland, Tx
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American Robins
PGT 365 Challenge #93 - Show us your week
Although this shot was taken the day before the challenge week started, this has been the story of my last several weeks, including the challenge week ... trying to keep the water topped up in this smallish bird bath! The robins favour it at this time of year in particular, and one day I counted four of them IN the bath and three more waiting or drying off in the tree. I fill the basin to brimming every morning and by the time I get home, it's nearly dry from all their splashing and drinking :o)
American Robin and hatchlings.
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.
Robin sang sweetly
When the days were bright:
'Thanks, thanks for summer,'
He sang with all his might
(ANON)
Taken in a Wild Garden in West Wales (Ceredigion)
* Thanks to Maria Godfrida this Robin was indentified as an American Robin (which is not a close relative of the European Robin)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200
ƒ/2.8
20.9 mm
1/80
ISO 100
Dedicated to C.F. (ILYWAMHASAM)
Male American Robin getting even deeper in the water at Colusa SRA, Colusa Co, California on 1 March 2017.
Plenty of berries in all the trees, the birds here are surely lucky.
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From last Sunday sitting On a Hinoki tree waiting its turn for a dip.
This is from a nest right behind him on the plum tree,
Birds are very smart,not only they build a nest but they make sure there is a food and water source near.
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 Columbis and Newfoundland.
Crosswinds Marsh, Wayne County, Michigan.
Designer, architect, builder, Robin Construction does it all.
This American Robin was bathing with a mouthful on nest building materials in our little water feature in the yard.
Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, June 12, 2025
Turdus migratorius
An American Robin can produce three successful broods in one year. On average, though, only 40 percent of nests successfully produce young. Only 25 percent of those fledged young survive to November. From that point on, about half of the robins alive in any year will make it to the next. Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years.