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American Robin
Description: The American Robin, the best-known and loved bird in North America, is a member of the thrush family. The American Robin lives throughout North America but can be found as far north as extreme northern Canada and as far south as Guatemala. Its tolerance for humans and human-modified habitat make it the most wide-spread thrush in North America. Although the sighting of a robin is considered a harbinger of spring, they actually spend the winter in much of its breeding range. However, you’re much less likely to see them in winter because they spend less time in yards and congregate in large flocks of up to 250,000 birds.
Other Names: Common Robin, Robin Redbreast
Color: The adult male has a dark-gray back. His head, wings and tail are almost black; his throat black-and-white streaked; his breast reddish-orange; and his bill is yellow and dusky at the tip. The adult female is similar but paler and duller in color. Their young have black-spotted pale breasts, whitish throats and reddish-brown flanks.
Sound: At dawn and dusk in season, the American Robin’s song is an almost continuous outpouring of "cheerily, cheer up, cheer up, cheerily, and cheer up.” When an American Robin senses danger, the bird will utter a series of short clucking sounds to alert his or her mate or their young.
Preferred Environment: The American Robin lives in woodlands near the edges of forests and in gardens, especially where short-grass areas are interspersed with shrubs and trees.
Nesting Habits: The American Robin may build its nest in trees or bushes (coniferous or deciduous), on or in buildings, or on man-made nesting shelves. Their nests consist of straw, course grass, and twigs and mud, lined with fine grass.
Food Preference: Robins are not seed eating birds. The American Robin feeds on both fruit and invertebrates. Earthworms are especially important food during the breeding season; however, Robins mainly eat fruit during the winter season.
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How to Attract Robins
Robins are infrequent visitors to feeders as they are not seed eating birds. their favorite food, of course, is earthworms. They will eat from bird feeders with trays offering cut up raisins soaked in water, suet, suet mixtures, peanut butter mixtures, peanut hearts, cut up currants, pecan meats, sliced pears, strawberries, cherries, cottage cheese, and pieces of American cheese.
They do frequent birdbaths so, if you have space, provide the fresh ice-free water. They will use a nesting shelf in which to build their nest. This shelf can be attached anywhere under the eaves of a house, etc., but should be near a grassy area for worms and a place where the robins can get mud to line their nests.
Suggested Robin Bird Feeders
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