American Robin Bird

AMERICAN ROBIN

 Turdus migratorius

Animals Unique | American Robin Bird | Bird Spotting: Catching sight of this gray bird with a brick-red belly usuallysignifies the start of spring.

Nesting: Robins are great architects when it comes to Their nests. Using grassand Twigs, the diligent parents create a Sturdy cuplike nest lined with softer grassfor Their eggs. Nests can be found in trees or along a ledge or Windowsill. Therobin couple usually lay three to five blue-green eggs two to three times a season. Bird Bite: Robins can live to be 14 years old. However, Because of the high rateof chick mortality, the entire population turns over an average of every six years.

Backyard Tip: Good nest trees for the American robin are sugar maples, crabapples, scarlet Elders and Flowering Dogwoods. In the winter months the smallfruit of the snowberry shrub provides food.

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