• The American Robin (10" long) is a familiar backyard bird, well known for its habit of hunting earthworms on lawns.

• When searching for a worm, a robin often tilts its head to the side to see more effectively with one eye.

• Territorial behavior, in which one robin runs at another with its head lowered.

• The female builds a nest of coarse grasses and mud. Constructed on a limb of a tree. You can build them a nest box.

• Both adults feed the young, and may raise up to three broods per year.

Identification:

•  Adults are dark gray above, the brick red under parts, which are darker in males.

• Male's head is black.

• Female's head is gray.

• Juveniles resemble adults, but have heavily spotted breasts.

Habitat:

• Found in many environments, from dense forest to open farmland.

• Common in residential areas and city parks, where it frequents lawns.

Range:

• Year-round resident in much of United States

• Winter numbers vary in northern areas.

• Summer range extends north to Canada and Alaska.

Voice

• Male's song is a variable aeries of wavering, whistled phrases: cheerily, cheeriup, cheerio, cheerily.

• Short pauses occur between songs.

• At dawn, song excited and continuous, without pauses.

• Common call is a high-pitched, whinny like outburst of notes.

• Alarm calls sound like peek ... peek ... tut, tut ... peek ... tut , tut ...