American Robin

Description:

The adult Robin is 81/2 “ in length and can be as large as 11”. The head is black to dark gray in color, with the male’s head deep black in the spring mating season. The breast feathers are dull red- orange, with the female having a paler color.

Habitat:

Robins are considered short distance, daytime migrants. You may not see them in your backyard in the fall or winter, but the birds are found at the local bottomland woods and/ or near berry- bearing trees.

Notes:

American Robins eat different foods through out the year. In the spring and summer the diet is high in protein with insects and worms consisting of 40% of the bird’s diet.