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Robin chicks at 8 days post-hatch in the nest outside our office window. Amazingly, they will be fledging in another 6 days or so.
Les merles arrivent en masse, même si le sol, totalement enneigé, ne se prête guère à picorer des vers de terre... Ce matin, le long de la piste cyclable, les groupes de merles se succédaient sans cesse sur plusieurs km de longueur! / Many robins were migrating in the country despite yet many snow over fields.
Sainte-Angèle, Bécancour, Centre-du-Québec, Québec, Canada.
Central Park - Manhattan - Merle d'Amérique.
Le Merle d'Amérique (Turdus migratorius), souvent appelé rouge-gorge par l'observateur néophyte, est une espèce de passereaux appartenant à la famille des Turdidae.
Le Merle d'Amérique mesure entre 25 et 28 cm de longueur. Il a des parties supérieures grises, et des parties inférieures orangées, d'habitude plus foncées chez le mâle. Sa coloration est proche de celle du Rouge-gorge européen, plus petit mais non apparenté, et souvent les gens confondent les deux espèces. Il y a sept races de merles d'Amérique, mais seul T.m. confinus dans le sud-ouest est particulièrement distinguable, avec ses parties inférieures gris-pâle.
Pendant la saison reproductive, des plumes noires facilement repérables poussent sur les têtes des mâles adultes ; après la saison reproductive, ils perdent ce plumage saisissant.
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The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European robin[2] because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the 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.[3] According to some sources, the American robin ranks behind only the red-winged blackbird (and just ahead of the introduced European starling) as the most abundant, extant land bird in North America.[4] 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.
The adult robin is preyed upon by hawks, cats and larger snakes, but when feeding in flocks, it can be vigilant and watch other birds for reactions to predators. Brown-headed cowbirds lay eggs in robin nests (see brood parasite), but robins usually reject the cowbird eggs.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) having bath in the shallows of a small wetland in the suburbs of northeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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24 September, 2012.
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Fledgling American robin, Turdus migratorius.
A robin built a nest on top of the light fixture on my patio this spring. She laid four eggs, all of which hatched and survived to fledge. Last night, one of the chicks was perched on the edge of the nest, hinting toward imminent departure. Sure enough, by early morning the chicks had all left the nest except for this runt, about half the size of its three siblings and with feathers much less developed.
Throughout the day, both parents brought berries and worms to the three larger chicks, who hopped around the patio. The father made soft calls to them, particularly upon returning with food. Eventually, the chicks scrambled up a low retaining wall and into the cover of several shrubs.
Around noon, both parents broke into frantic alarm cries. I looked out onto the patio area just in time to see the flash of black and white hindquarters departing around the back of the house: one of the neighborhood feral cats had caught a chick. I dashed outside my back door and chased after the cat, who dropped his prize (incidentally, this is the same cat that is constantly spraying urine on my back door). The chick was still but breathing, and showed no signs of wounds, bleeding, or even ruffled feathers. I carefully scooped up the dazed chick and returned it to the bushes concealing its siblings, and after a few minutes it revived and scuttled off into the bushes.
Despite cries for food, the smallest chick was ignored while it remained safe in the nest. After a half day of neglect, it took the plunge and jumped down onto the patio, perhaps lured by the calls of its parents. Unfortunately, its legs and feathers were not as developed as those of its siblings, and it was unable to hop, flap or otherwise scramble up the retaining wall, off of the patio and into the safety of the garden bushes. After taking its picture, I scooped it up and set it down gently where its siblings were last seen.
Throughout the afternoon, both parents continued to bring food to the bushes where the fledglings were hiding. Near dusk, I spotted one of the larger chicks, and I noted the the parents were also bringing food to at least two locations, so presumably at least two chicks made it through the day. I can't confirm if this little guy made it.
A friend was doing renos on her house and found a robins nest complete with eggs in the eaves.She gently removed the nest and ever so carefully placed it as high as possible in the branches of nearby bush. A few days later voila !
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It's bad enough I must often shoot birds through my office window, but this time to get this shot of the adult robin and the juvenile from my living room I had to shoot through the window and the screen of my back door and then post-process the photos like crazy to get them postable.
These birds were below one of my feeders. Robins usually eat insects, not seeds, but mine like what falls out of this feeder: Wild Bird Unlimite's Southeastern No Mess mix of shelled sunflower seeds and peanuts. I don't think I've seen them eat peanuts, but they do enjoy these seeds.
The robin is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin.
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1 of 2 images of an American Robin, seen on March 11, 2016, in Frear Park, Troy, New York, USA. In recent years, our Robins have been staying, through the winter, but it's still nice to see them, as Spring approaches! This one was eating Sumac berries, as I watched!
I'm not sure why such a common bird was in this aviary (representative of the Arctic, maybe?), but he's a beauty, anyway.
[Update] I found out that he has a broken wing and after he spent some time at a rehabilitation center, it was determined that he cannot be released back into the wild, so he has a forever home at the Zoo.
Dilemma... too many choices or too full?
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.
The adult robin is preyed upon by hawks, cats, and larger snakes, but when feeding in flocks, it can be vigilant and watch other birds for reactions to predators. Brown-headed cowbirds lay eggs in robin nests (see brood parasite), but robins usually reject the cowbird eggs.
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American Robins are only seen here in Florida for a few months in winter. I had a lot of them in the yard last month but they seem to have taken their copious amounts of turduses and migratoriused back up north. Whoever gave these birds their scientific name had a funny, and accurate, sense of humor. They do make a mess.
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
I basically don't have a lawn anymore because my mom got rid of all of the grass and replaced it with rocks and mulch—not the most welcoming place for these birds.
Nikon D7100
AF-S DX VR Nikkor 55-300mm 4.5-5.6G ED
There were well over 40 of these around in one part of the park today. Hopefully signs of early spring! Mill Lake, Abbotsford, B.C.
The American Robin is a medium size bird at 9.1 - 11.0 inches (23 - 28 cm) in length with a wingspan ranging from 12 - 16 inches ( 31 - 41 cm ). The head varies from jet black to gray, with white eye arcs and a white "eyebrow". The throat is white with black streaks, and the belly and under-tail coverts are white. It has a brown back and a reddish-orange breast, varying from a rich red maroon to peachy orange. The bill is mainly yellow with a variably dark tip, the dusky area becoming more extensive in winter, and the legs and feet are brown. The sexes are similar, but females tend to be duller than the male, with a brown tint to the head, brown upperparts and less bright underparts with more white in the breast feathers and the belly area.
The American Robin ranges across almost the entire North American continent from the northern reaches of Alaska and Canada to as far south as southern Mexico. Normally migrates from most of Canada in winter, but winters regularly from southern Alaska, portions of southern most Canada and the north - central United States south throughout the continental United States, as well as large areas of northern Mexico, and the western Caribbean.
Habitat is just about everywhere across the entire continent. Gardens, parks, yards, golf courses, fields, pastures, tundra, as well as deciduous woodlands, pine forests, shrublands, and forests regenerating after fires or logging. During winter many Robins move to moist woods where berry-producing trees and shrubs are common.
American Robins eat large numbers of both invertebrates and fruit. Particularly in spring and summer they eat large numbers of earthworms as well as insects and some snails. They have rarely been recorded eating shrews, small snakes, and aquatic insects. Robins also eat an enormous variety of fruits, including chokecherries, hawthorn, dogwood, and sumac fruits, and juniper berries. Especially during Fall and winter. Estimates put plant matter between 60 - 75% of the Robin's diet. When they eat honeysuckle berries exclusively, they sometimes become intoxicated.
The 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.
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I often go to one of our local cemeteries to find birds (it's really not creepy, I promise). There are dozens upon dozens of American Robins, and I usually ignore them. Every once in a while, one will just beg to be photographed, like this beauty. I oblige, of course.
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