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One of our most familiar songbirds is the American robin. The robust, orange-breasted thrushes hunt ground-bound prey in lawns, meadows, gardens and woods. While some robins overwinter in Ohio, scores ...

The red-breasted American robin is a truly beautiful songbird with a large orange belly and a happy-go-lucky little voice. Attracting them to your garden is made easy work with certain plants, and one ...

On April 18, my husband found a cup-shaped nest made of mud, grass, leaves and small twigs ensconced within our Norway spruce. He noticed an adult robin’s head peering out from the nest. Ever since ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — If you sit outside sipping your morning coffee in the spring, it's very likely that sooner or later you'll be joined by an American Robin searching for breakfast in the form of ...

American robins have returned to northern Alaska. A male is now perched above me in a balsam poplar tree on this bench of well-drained land upon which sits the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

As a self-professed nature nerd, I’ve become accustomed to common names for plants being misleading. Rose of Sharon, for instance, is not a rose but a hibiscus. It follows that names for animals may ...

As soon as I slid out of my car, I could feel the moisture in the air. Fog wove through the trees and hung over the lake beyond. Though some people may have considered the atmosphere gloomy, I found ...

Watching a juvenile robin perching upright on our back deck recently was a special moment. Young robins have historically symbolized the renewal of life and new beginnings. The youngster had a pallid ...

Known for their bright blue eggs, American robins are a familiar sight hopping across lawns in search of worms, fruit, and insects like grasshoppers and caterpillars. They are early risers, singing ...

Just a few days ago, I got a call from a neighbor living just one half mile away whom I had not met. She needed help in knowing what to do about a baby bird that had come out of the nest. This is one ...