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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.
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.