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American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Photo by DsPinkston
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Field Notes

Description:

This is a juvenile American robin. *Adult American robins are 9-to-11 inches long. They are gray-brown with warm orange underparts and dark heads. *Juvenile American Robins have a reddish breast with large black spots, a pale eyebrow, and a pinkish bill

Habitat:

*Specific Habitat: I spotted this juvenile American robin in a residential backyard. *General Habitat: The American robin breeds throughout most of North America. They are common across the continent in gardens, parks, yards, golf courses, fields, pastures, tundra, as well as deciduous woodlands, pine forests, shrublands, and forests regenerating after fires or logging.

Notes:

-- I first heard this juvenile American Robin singing quite loudly in a bush near me. Shortly after I spotted him and began taking photographs, he surprised me by landing on a table quite near to where I was standing! After posing for several minutes, he flew off to investigate a Northern Flicker in the yard; after exchanging a few squawks, they settled down to forage together.
-- The American robin is a migratory songbird of the thrush family.
-- Robins are the largest North American thrushes

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PublishedJuly 7, 2014

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