American Robin

American Robin singing
American Robin perched

American Robins have always fascinated me. About how they sing their lovely song or how they catch worms. We even have robins nest in our yard. The pictures above were hard to take because they were males. Males are usually more timid then the females. So, that makes the pictures so hard to take. In fact, I think robins are our most common bird, so why do we ignore them so much? Because they are so common? I don't think we should. We need to stop putting poison on our lawns. When we put poison in our yards the worms eat the poison and the robins eat the worms. The robin then dies and a whole generation of birds is lost. Even when we put fertilizer in our lawns it can make the robins sick. Which a bird lover would not want. Why should you do this? Because, robins control our pest problems, because robins bring children into nature, because robins help our lawns!

Now that I have you interested in robins I will tell you how to provide food, water, shelter and a place to breed. Which is all a robin needs. ***note: when you help robins you help bluebirds too***

First make your lawn a little bigger if you can and provide a birdbath with a drip system. Then provide shelter like trees and shrubs. And your done, that's all you have to do! Isn't that easy. Why then don't a lot of us do that when its so easy!!! If its because we don't know how to do this its a different story, but if we do know then why don't we ? Trust me if you do this you are guaranteed to have robins in a month or so.

Now that we're aware of this why don't we get to know our robins. If you wish, read along.

American Robin

turdus migratorous

Identification; adult: orange belly dark back with yellow beak, juvenile: heavily streaked on belly.

Feeding: robins run on lawns to catch worms and hawk insects in the air.

Nesting: makes messy or clean nest out of mud, sticks and similar things. Makes nest on tree or building.

Song: tut, tut, tut or pup, pup, pup. Chirping. Loud plurrii, kiwii.

I hope you will enjoy robins even more after reading this post.