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...while both gender of the species look similar, the male as seen above has a more solid colored orange-red breast where as the female typically has a lighter colored breast with some streaking, and white in 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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Cedar Waxwings and an American Robin forage during a break in a heavy snowstorm.
Shot from my dining room window in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The American Robin is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European Robin because of the male's bright red breast, though the two species are not related. The American Robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering south of Canada from Florida to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin
Outside the breedings season, Cedar Waxwings often feed in large flocks numbering hundreds of birds. This species is irruptive, with erratic winter movements, though most of the population migrates further south into the United States and beyond, sometimes reaching as far as northern South America. They will move in huge numbers if berry supplies are low. Rare vagrants have reached western Europe, and there are two recorded occurrences of Cedar Waxwing sightings in Great Britain. Individual Bohemian Waxwings will occasionally join large winter flocks of Cedar Waxwings.
But they will go to a bag of grapes.
We put grapes out in a mesh bag for orioles,red-bellied woodpeckers,catbirds and rose-breasted grosbeaks.
Turns out robins are big fans of grapes and they will pull grapes and pieces of grapes from the bag as quickly as the other birds.
Turdus migratorius
Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years.
source - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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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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This robin was feasting on all the juniper berries that had fallen on the ground.
Este mirlo primavera se daba un banquete del fruto de un enebro que se había caído al suelo.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) in the mixed woods of the aspen parkland region near Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.
16 June, 2014.
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American Robin (migratorius), Turdus migratorius propinquus, 10 in. COMMON and widespread. Nests in any open woodland habitat from coniferous or deciduous forest to suburban neighborhoods.
Fountain Creek Park, Fountain, El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
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Robins perched throughout the prairie and flying in the background: December in dry prairie bordered by Prairie hammock at the Wilderness Preserve of Myakka River State Park in Sarasota, Florida
It looked like it wanted to go through the fence into the neighbours yard. It eventually flew over there.
The Mountain Ash tree has shed much of its leaves but clumps of brilliant berries remain as an irresistible treat for several American Robins. They returned in numbers every day until few berries remained.
I was driving down my driveway on the way to work the other morning and spotted these robins engaged in combat. I didn't have much time, but stopped long enough to try to catch the action.
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This photograph of An American Robin (Turdus migratorius), was taken at 11:01am on Tuesday 24th May 2016 near Duncan, in British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Canada.
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Turdus migratorius, American robin, feeding her young a mass of geometer moth larvae (inchworms, Family Geometridae). www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/14067598126/
Made at Gambrills, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on May 18, 2014.
Canon 6D, Canon 100mm macro lens.
Strobist: Canon Speedlite 600-EX-RT with Gary Fong diffuser just to the right of the camera. Canon ST-E3-RT radio trigger.
Camera triggered by CamRanger WiFi remote from a MacBook Pro on my kitchen table.
Made at Gambrills, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on May 18, 2014.
Juvenile American Robin (Turdus migratorius) roosting in a willow thicket in the Coal Lake valley east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2 July, 2012.
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As we were walking back to the parking lot I found a Robin perched nicely so decided to take few shots as I was shooting it another Robin flew in with bunch of bugs in beak...
Even before I took one picture it flew in a near by tree so out of curiosity I changed my position and I was looking at a Robin nest with three young ones eagerly waiting for parents to bring some juicy bugs..By the time I prepared and soot feeding was finished and young ones were asking for more...
The moment we spotted nest we wanted to ensure we do not disturb the birds.
So we stepped back at a safe distance and made sure we were not in sight of bird. We stood quite at a distance and were never in sight of bird and they continued feeding the babies. It is so much important to respect the privacy of animals as bird might abandon the nest if they feel threatened.
Not knowing tree names makes finding birds that much harder. I looked up "White Alder" and it showed pictures something like this, as well as a similar tree that has long strings of nodes resembling a vegetable version of long hair braids. I believe I took a photo of the braids tree at UCSC because it also was one of the Orange-crowned Warbler (just uploaded). I'm a little afraid of trying to learn trees because I am starting from just about ground zero. And like birds they have different looks at different times of years.
EXTRA FOR CAM NERDS:
The RF lenses do not have distance scales on the lens barrels. At least the two RF lens I have do not. But there is some good news. You see the distance scale displayed in the viewfinder, which I actually prefer. Think of the camera nerd thrill when you can say: "That bird is 125 feet away!" For this lens the last two distance marks are 150 and Infinity. So it is pretty fun, in a way.
An American Robin (Turdus migratorius) on the edge of our driveway, listening for lunch in the lawn.
Pre-dawn, cool, and raining, when American Robin alarm calls alerted our leader that a Great Gray Owl was nearby. It was perched while hunting near the road. We quietly got out of the van and I was able to take some low light photos. The mosquitos had a feast but what an experience and I was delighted to catch this shot of the owl and one of the agitated robins. Sax-Zim Bog, St. Louis County, Minnesota.
Another American robin, this time resting on branch of crabapples
Camera Used: Canon EOS Rebel T6i Lens Used: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM Lens
a sure sign of spring around here, dozens of robins flocking through the park on their northward migration, this one was wading in a puddle on a culvert near the edge of the greenbelt park
I had to laugh at their scientific name though, "turdus migratorius" :)
who thinks up these names anyway ?
Yesterday, 27 May 2015, I had a volunteer shift and afterwards, as the sun was shining, I called in at the Reader Rock Garden. There is rain in the forecast for most of the next 12 days, which will drive me crazy, so I thought I'd better make the most of the blue sky while I could. Alberta is bone dry everywhere, with wildfires especially further north. Actually, one was burning near Water Valley the day after my daughter and I were there three days ago. So, much as I really dislike the rain, we desperately need it.
Right next to Reader Rock Garden is the Union Cemetery, where I photographed this American Robin. The Jack Rabbits and birds spend time in both places, needless to say.
From the Union Cemetery, I also called in at another nearby cemetery, hoping to find a Wild European Rabbit (none to be seen). There are several bird feeders there, especially by one of the gravestones. I always wonder if the person who was buried there had been a birder. Seemed such a beautiful idea.
My last stop was at a wetland in SW Calgary, where I found a Common Grackle. Normally, I just don't see Grackles, but I had seen one there recently, and I'm always happy when I do see one.