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Michigan's State Bird: Robin(s)

Turdus Migratorius

Photo by Avianpost
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Field Notes

Description:

Found these pretty fellas while walking down to the local Library on a better day than today, last month.

Some were mating. They were sooo cute.

Habitat:

Michigan, apparently they like to sit on deadly electrical wiring!

Notes:

Robins are Michigan's state bird. That's what-for the strange title of this spotting.

Reference Links:

Robins, http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Michigan/AmericanRobin_bird.htm

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Avianpost
Sorry, I meant that the birds had a red breast. I got bird anatomy & human anatomy mixed up; I tend to think like that.
KimLomman
American Robins have a white throat with black streaks and a red breast.
Avianpost
I'm pretty sure they were all robins. We don't get too many pidgeons here in Troy, Michigan. My camera is a bit shabby; there was a red throat on these birds which the SONY Bloggie I used to take the photos could not pick up (but my farsighted vision could).
Jacob Gorneau
The scientific name for the American Robin is Turdus migratorius. Hope this helps! :)
Jacob Gorneau
Welcome to Project Noah, Avianpost! Cool to hear the state bird of Michigan is a robin! Are you sure all of these photos are of robins? Photos two through five appear to be a separate species. Separate species can be made into a new spotting. Thank you, and again, welcome to Project Noah!
KimLomman
Hard to tell. It doesn't look all the birds are the same species. The second one looks like pigeons.

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PublishedMarch 2, 2013

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