There’s an old Irish superstition about the first robin of spring, too. Supposedly, if you make a wish when you see the first robin of the new season, that wish will come true. You’ll have to ...

T he American robin is one of the most familiar backyard birds in the U.S.—so familiar, in fact, it’s the official state bird of Connecticut, Wisconsin, and Michigan. With the ...

Banding birds provides data that helps us understand the movements of birds. Bird banding demonstrations happen at ACNC Saturday mornings in the spring. Photo by Jennifer Schlick American Robins eat ...

Yet this amazing, ubiquitous bird is not without enemies. Snakes, squirrels, foxes and cats all prey on robins. But perhaps the robins most dangerous foe in the 1950s and 1960s was humans.

With the start of spring less than a week away — Punxsutawney Phil's prediction notwithstanding — many Americans are undoubtedly on the lookout for the return of the robin. The migratory bird ...

The American Robin is one of the most common birds in North America. You’ve probably seen one in your backyard or been woken ...

This year’s cold, snowy spring is proving difficult for migratory birds in Wisconsin, and conservation groups are calling on bird lovers to help robins, warblers and woodcocks survive until ...

On the same spring day in Wisconsin, from Kenosha to Superior and in habitats from wild to urban, one bird species is ubiquitous: the American robin. And we don't have any difficulty seeing or ...

These birds, like robins and red-winged blackbirds, are attuned to the weather patterns. A robin. An earlier spring could create a mismatch between the availability of food and when birds arrive.

HAZELWOOD, Mo. — It’s a lesson in patients and nurturing that happens every spring. Mother robins sit on their nest of eggs, waiting for their hatchlings in the circle of life. Now, you can ...