American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

                                                                                                 Photo by BarrytheBirder

    

  First American Robin of 2016

My sister Diane, who lives in Nova Scotia just posted that the first American Robin of 2016, arrived where she lives in Nova Scotia on February 18.   This is certainly much earlier than I am used to here in southern Ontario.

I am used to seeing Robins show up in March/April, here in Aurora, Ontario.

Robins are found in winter in California, Texas and Florida and northern Mexico.   In summer they are found across the U.S.A.   They are found from Alaska and across Canada in the summer breeding season and into the fall.

American Robins are extremely common and considered the most abundant land-bird in North America, with a population somewhere between 370 and 380 million birds.

They are widespread across the continent, doing well in urban, suburban, and rural environments. The Robin population is stable to slightly increasing, and they are not regarded as a species of high conservation concern.

Please comment if you wish.

BarrytheBirder