American Robin

Description:

a common siting on the grass, pulling up worms and eating them, nesting in the rafters of the school walkways; fairly large - about 8 inches long songbird; a large, round body, long legs, and fairly long tail; grey back, reddish orange breast, yellow beak; a white patch on the lower belly and under the tail can be conspicuous; Compared with males, females have paler heads that contrast less with the gray back.

Habitat:

urban school yard

Notes:

one of the birds that all our school children can easily identify