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BIODIVERSITY
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),
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