On a recent trip to Eagle Bend I was delighted to observe my first robin of 2026 on March 11. Indeed, the long-awaited migration of wild birds — American robins included — has begun!

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 If the groundhog sees ...

Here are some interesting facts about spring's unofficial mascot.

Known for their bright blue eggs, American robins are a familiar sight hopping across lawns in search of worms, fruit, and insects like grasshoppers and caterpillars. They are early risers, singing ...

The robins familiar to most Connecticut residents are faithful suburbanites. I like to call them "lawn robins." ...

The American robin has long signaled the arrival of spring, right up there with crocuses poking through dirt and frogs ribbiting at night. But despite the familiar songbird’s reputation for being the ...

Robins are not a sign of spring any more than Punxsutawney Phil, that pampered Pennsylvania groundhog, is a predictor of weather. Here's the scoop on Phil: if he sees his shadow, it means six more ...

On a recent dreary morning — mist and rain, soggy ground — I dragged out of bed, shuffled off to the kitchen, put a pot on and stared out my window. What I saw changed my world. It was a red, red ...

Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch Spring robins look for food Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch Spring robins look for food Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in ...

In early March, UK robins face a hungry gap just as they start nesting. Place one simple fruit in the right spot and they may ...