We noticed the robin nest on April 25, anchored over a narrow crevice between the meter and solar switchbox next to the utility-room door. We use that door a lot, so the nest must have been built ...

In June, if you’re observant, a window of nature opens for a short time. By now, common songbirds like chickadees and American robins have finally coaxed their growing young out of their nests and ...

Look at that spot-chested young robin, hopping blithely across the lawn, stopping here and there as it searches for a meal. And take note of a young blue jay perched on a branch, gulping down a ...

LAST YEAR, ROBINS built a nest on the board across the ceiling that supports a light fixture in the dog shed off our garage. They studiously created a beautiful nest; since robins are relatively large ...

A: Many, if not most songbirds, raise but one brood a summer in the Berkshires and will use a nest only once, starting over if a second brood is in the offing. The American robin will fledge young one ...

The majority of British robins don’t migrate in the winter - Sloot Gardening during the winter is an altogether different experience compared to the summer. Throughout the warmer months you become ...

Q: When I see robins hunting worms on the lawn, they often have their heads turned to one side, seemingly so one ear is closer to the ground. So, I’m thinking they’re hearing worms moving around, ...

The construction project had already taken far too long, and work remained to be done. So, despite being disappointed that no robin had shown interest in the nest outside our bathroom window, I was ...

To nest or not to nest? That is the question. The days are hot and muggy; the nights only a bit cooler. In the morning when the barred owl hoots to its partner, I check the temperature. If, at 5 a.m., ...

Finding a robin's nest on the front porch was nothing new for St. Thomas resident Debra Copeland, but finding a nest shared by two squabbling female robins, eight eggs and a couple visiting male birds ...