Turdus migratorius
American robin
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Nom français: Merle d'Amérique
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Their song is a series of rich caroling notes, rising and falling : ''cherriup, cherrio, cherriup, cherrio''.
Their alarm call can be like a horse neighing, or even a high pitched ''sqweeeeeeeek''.
Robins like to feed on the ground, and that's why their camo is dark and shady.
The males that migrated away, arrive before the females and sing their song to lay out the territory they will live in.
You can often find their mud and grass cup shaped nests not that far off the ground.
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HABITAT - Abundant and widespread.throughout North America. Found in cities, towns, lawns, farmland, forests; in winter, berry-bearing trees.
FEEDING BEHAVIOR AND DIET- Does much foraging on the ground, running and pausing on open lawns; apparently locates earthworms by sight. Feeds mostly on insects, berries, and earthworms. In early summer, insects make up majority of diet; also feeds on many earthworms, snails, spiders, other invertebrates. Feeds heavily on fruit, especially in winter
EGGS – Pale blue, 3 to 7 eggs incubated by the female for around two weeks.
YOUNG - Both parents feed young robins, mostly insects and earthworms. They leave the nest about two weeks after hatching.
NESTING - Males arrive before females on nesting grounds and defend territories by singing. Female does most of nest building with some help from male. Site on horizontal branch of tree or shrub; also nests on ledges of houses, barns, bridges. Nest is a cup of grasses, twigs, debris, worked into solid foundation of mud, lined with fine grasses and plant fibers.
MIGRATION - Migrates in flocks, often by day. Some robins stay in Canada over winter; they are in localized concentrations then, where food is available.
SONGS AND CALLS - Song is a series of rich caroling notes, rising and falling in pitch: cheer-up, cheerily, cheer-up, cheerily. Among the earliest bird songs heard at dawn in spring and summer.
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Dennis Church, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfc_pcola/46927069094/
- (c) Alice Roy-Bolduc, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
