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All About Robin Nests and Robin Eggs

In a robin couple, a male brings his female partner nesting material as she constructs the robins’ nest. The female builds ...
On April 18, my husband found a cup-shaped nest made of mud, grass, leaves and small twigs ensconced within our Norway spruce. He noticed an adult robin’s head peering out from the nest. Ever since ...
An experiment by evolutionary biologists offers new insights into birds’ brains. Three robin eggs in a nest, along with a double-pyramid imposter.Credit...M. Hauber Supported by By Veronique Greenwood ...
Q: I was watching robins in October and noticed that they seemed really aggressive, charging and chasing each other around my crabapple tree and at the birdbath. This seemed strange, with nesting ...
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, ...
Last spring, my husband and I began noticing the rising pile of debris on the wooden bench just behind our garage. Dried grass and twigs and the desiccated leaves of last summer’s daylilies were ...