American Robin

Turdus migratorius

These medium-sized birds are easiest to see in winter flocks in the magnolia trees around the library. They are also common in the treetops in the formal gardens. Listen for their cheerily-cherio-cherio-cheerily song, and for their evening chuckle as they settle down for the evening.

MARGARET TAYLOR

American Robin

Embered chests,

white-spectacled eyes,

almost pests,

they cloud the skies

and the ground

with their red

and gray-brown.

They have spread

and even moved

over the toyon,

and they have proved

on this dry, dead lawn

that spring can be here,

breaking winter's hold;

with their cheery chirr chirr

they banish the cold

Photo Credit: Carrie Steingruber

Alan Sparkman (1)

Photo Credit: Carrie Steingruber (2),