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American robin's nest

Turdus migratorious

Photo by mary.gallo.m
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Description:

A robin in North America, goes through the nest-building process two or three times a year. Some robins can live up to 12 years. These birds may have built 20 or even 30 nests over their lifetimes! They follow the "nest-building blueprints" in their brains, and instinctively know how to build the perfect structure to hold the eggs they're about to lay.

Habitat:

The robins in our backyard always build their nests in the same places year after year. Fun to watch them being built and fun to watch the robins raise their young.

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Comments (2)
mary.gallo.m
Thank you so much Ava for that wonderful video. I enjoyed it so much. Great! Great!
Ava T-B
You might enjoy this video of a month in a robin's nest in 4 minutes: http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9479342&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1

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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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Maryland Wildlife
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PublishedNovember 3, 2013

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