5 Lovable things About the American Robin
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- The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground.
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🔴The American Robin -A Harbinger of Spring ▶ th-cam.com/video/5PsPYvW6-Gg/w-d-xo.html
In love with your bird lady voice thanks for teaching me about birds 🐦
Matt, I had a yearly drift of leaves beside my driveway.I was cleaning that up whwen i saw a robin eying worms i had raked out. Slowly i flipped a worm to a robin...and he took it ! After that time robins would approach whenever i dug earth.Good Memories of fairly tame - acting robins.They remembered from year to year, i think.
@Matt Nicholson
❤ I have a robin friend that watches me
Yes thats the Red Red Robin going Bob Bob Bobbing along .
@@jmac5058 in this case he bobbed right up to me, expecting to be fed ! Lol
As a kid we found a baby robin that fell out of its nest, we ended up raising it, everyday after school i would have to go dig up worms for him, he responded well to the care we gave him and eventually came the day we had to let him go.... OMG did i cry my eyes out...lol... We were all standing around as we brought him outside to finally be free, well Ol' Roscoe didnt want to be free... we kinda backed away from him, he flew right back and landed on my shoulder..... it got to the point were he wanted to spend the day out side and stay the night in the house on his little perch...... this went on for the entire summer....not until it started to get cold did he finally start becoming more wild..... than finally stopped coming around......really a neat experience.....we still talk about him.....
Good to hear your experience, I have a pet robin , he was found wounded as a baby, so he won't survive in the wild, but he is like a well behaved kid, goes everywhere with me and plays with me like a puppy ! He is almost one year old now, I love him to pieces.
I have a couple eggs rn so yeah found them under a trailer and one in the middle of the yard
What a cool story. You are so lucky to have that little guy stick around.
That’s lovely!
Great story. He was lucky to have had you.
Day in the life of a Robin:
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Very true
Runx3, Stop, turn head, stop head , pause do it again, GRAB WORM, REPEAT! or watch me turn compost pile! They folliw me when I put compost on garden !
I was thinking hop, hop, hop, stop....poke the ground, look around....hop, hop, hop. 😉
2:36 has a cursed robin image
@@Grizzleback07 That too!
What I find lovable is that my mom wrote down the date every year that she saw her first robin.........so I think of that when I see one.
RIP to the most special mom I could have ever asked for 💔
Tim Farney so don’t be surprised- if this is how she communicates with you, now that she has passed. She’s still with you, but just in a different form.
My mom loved robins so much..today was her birthday.she passed away in 2017..but i was comforted today when i got home there was dozens of robins in my yard all day.
What a sweet mom and way too remember her!
@@rovan26 thank you 💕.
My grandma was the same way. Every year we would share when we first spotted a robin in the new year. She taught me how to love and watch the natural world around me.
I am retired now. But when I worked, a sweet robin couple nested just outside my apartment. Every morning the male would stop what he was doing, sing a little greeting to me and go on about his work. What a perfect way to greet a springtime morning! ❤️
One of mine got into a fight with some other robin & neither has returned to their nest on my porch.
I am heartbroken.
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HA, ha, ha, ha .... now, THAT'S funny!!! Really made me laugh. Thank you for that.
@@NolaGB : D My pleasure! I'm glad it made you chuckle lol
I work as a forklift operator in the yard of a fish processing plant, having been on 12 hour long nightshifts for the last 2 weeks the robin song that I begin hearing at about 5 in the morning is a welcome sound telling me the shift is almost over😊
They really do start singing early, don't they? In my neighborhood they start as early as 4:00 (sometimes even at 3:30 in late Spring), likely triggered the bright city lights where I live...
The early bird gets the worm, I suppose!
Robins tend to be incredibly inquisitive about human behavior. I will often see them perch on nearby fences, on the ground, or on branches and just watch me while I'm outside, curious to see what I'm doing. They of course fly away like any bird if approached but tend to take a much stronger interest in people than other birds.
Agreed.
Thats what i was thinking too.
A couple days even i was whistling at one .. like ive done for years so thatsnothing new .. .. but i noticed it turned on its post and really looked and checked me out. .
more than birds usually would have.
Wondered why they watch me mow the lawn, realized the vibration of the machine is bringing worms up... Easy meal... So adorable, friendly, and especially smart! 🐛
I experienced the same thing every time I mow the yard the robins just flock in
i don't think they are cute from the bugs' perspective
Every time I see or hear a Robin singing, I can't help but smile. They're just so lovable!
I had one singing right outside my window yesterday morning. He sang from about an hour before sun rise to about an hour after sunrise.
Savvi P my favorite.
Mick Dundee I know! I heard one singing at 2 am while I was trying to sleep
Idk I feel as no bird beats the mourning dove those are my favorite
i had a wonderful wife, who used to chatter away when she was happy, making all sorts of rhetorical conversation, and always reminded me of the robins in the morning, and always making me smile. I never told her why I was smiling - I was afraid she might stop.
They always look like they have pudgy little tum tums. It's very cute .
I like how they're so goofy, their songs sound a little crazy, the way they move in fits and starts... they're really funny birds.
The American Robin is my alarm clock every summer morning and I love it!
"aboot"
Outed as a Canadian immediately.
don't you mean ooted?
I came here for this comment 🤣
The moment she spoke my brain said “ahhh yes, a fellow Canadian”
Cute comments. Few Americans have experienced Robin's (the restaurant) in Saskatchewan. Yes, the bird is the mascot.❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦
Ahhhh thank you.... I thought she said "A Boat". LOL
I love how Robins hop and bounce around. Also how they stop and tilt their head to listen (i assume) for a worm.
Technically, they bob, bob, bob.
@@JiveDadson thats even cuter lol thank you. We had 3 nests in the yard this year. And they oddly followed our duck flock around very closely.
@@JiveDadson You must be old like me if you remember that song! LOL!
What better style for bob bob bobbing than swing bebop? Maestro? th-cam.com/video/ttAaOZo2-8M/w-d-xo.html l
I believe they tilt their head to see better at certain things (because of how their vision is divided by the shape of their head
I love their song. Robins and cardinals are the birds I hear singing after dusk. Sweet angels. Saying their night time prayers 💜
Prayers? Really? 😂
@@sarahgilbert8036I hate religion, yet I don’t go out of my way to say shit like this. So embarrassing.
I love watching robins hop through the yard searching for worms immediately after I mow the lawn. They look so busy & happy, and love hearing them sing!
One thing I love about Robins is that they look me in the eye with the same curiosity as I have in mine.
This is one reason I love them so much. More than any other bird. They are so innocent and guileless and adorable.
@@just4music687 I am a worm and one of them tore my mother's head off. I am an orphan now...
I had a robin follow behind me when as I mowed the lawn a few years ago. I assume he was able to eat bugs easier in the shorter grass. It was the coolest thing ever and i'll never forget it
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Learsonite smart little guy XD
I’m watching one right now so cool
👍👍 I still have a small troop swoop in while I cut grass.
I’ve talked to a little baby Robin to ask if I could take his picture . He was walking on the ground. He come running over with his mouth wide open and squawked at me for food. He thought since I was talking to me I was his momma. His mom came down and pretended to feed him and looked at me like she was thinking he was crazy. Ha ha. He flew to a branch with his momma then. So cute. People around just laughed.
I LOVE that little white ring around their sweet tiny eyes! It makes them look like they are squinting. Just adorable.
I have cancer but still work. I’ve spent my whole life around birds because I land survey now when I have to rest these shorts clips bring peace to my heart.
Slope Douche how are you doing?
Kiuss Kiuss still listening to birds singing
Prayers for you. 🙏💜🙏
Kiuss Kiuss I’m doing well for 7 years I have had the same cancer Steve Jobs died of. I went to Europe give times for treatment and somehow am still alive. I’ve seen many die though. Blessed be the Lord and all he brings us this warm June day.
Eileen Lester thank u Eileen.
I once while taking a break from gardening, sitting in my lawn chair, I tossed a worm in front of a robin. He gobbled it up on the spot. I swear for weeks after that a robin was following me around in my garden.😎
If you do enough hiking from time to time... About every 5 years or so, sometimes you can find a baby that didn't quite get it right when it fell out of the nest. If you can catch them *WITHOUT* injuring them, get him in you cupped hands and bend down and throw them as high as you can back into the sky. I have saved more robins than not. If after two times they just don't get it leave them alone. They're extremely cute birds. I love robins!
Yup. They will keep hanging around waiting for a handout. And others will come too. Doing some gardening I like to toss a worm or two to a robin. Pretty sure they appreciate the gesture!
You gave her another worm right???
I will try that!
Had that happen to me too! They are smart and like raisins in early spring when worms are harder to find. After feeding them raisins the minute they spotted me...they would be after me. So cute.
They are good parents . I've seen both parents fiercely defend their chicks and fledglings ❤.
A robin became my friend this year. With some patients, I was finally able to hand feed him. awesome experience.
My mom and I have continued a tradition of telling each other the first Robin we see in spring. We've had robins nest many times in our yard. Last summer we had two nests in my yard. My children were delighted to watch the robins grow up and find worms in the yard.
Everyday when I leave for work, I pause and listen to their song.
I love how their nests include stuff from my hgousehold. Like a ribbon, dog hair, twine from the garden.
Robins have been nesting on my window the last 2 yrs and i have fallen in love with them. They are so precious and beautiful and amazing creatures!
All my fellow bird lovers watching this - I love you. Bird people are the best! 🐦❤
I feel the same but my hubby thinks I’m a little obsessive...what could be better than the panoramic view you have each and every day watching these magnificent little creatures and their antics? 😍
Robins are my absolute favourite songbird. I could watch them scoot around for hours 😭❤️
Mine, as well. I absolutely adore their run, stop, run, top. I can mimic them to a T. They are wonderful parents. And, baby robins are so darn cute with their freckled chests. I can always tell which is the dad. He's the one with the black head, while mom has a more grayish head. When a robin tilts its head, it is not listening for worms. Rather, they are looking for them.
Me too! They have a beautiful cute song here in Ontario Canada. I also really like cockatiels and budgies and cardinals.
me 2 love em when they jump walking grabbing worms so funny cute ^^
My late mother loved them because she said they were friendly and NEVER mean. They don't fight with other birds. They are nice.
When I was about six years old we had the privilege of having a Robin build her nest on the windowsill of one of the bedrooms of our house. There was a sheer curtain between us and the glass of the window so mom did not see us staring at the process of laying eggs and raising her young. It was a wonderful experience for me as I have always been in love with nature.
Every morning in our apartment complex's courtyard there is robin drama. It's great entertainment.
They are my favorite birds ❤😂 I love the way they run, with their skinny little legs! They always look as though they're in a hurry!
Cute lil potbelly. I once raised a nestling Robin who fell very far from his nest to the ground after a storm. Luckily his injuries weren't critical, but there was no way to return him to the nest. Leaving him on the ground was not an option due to neighborhood cats. He was successfully raised and rehabilitated back into the suburbs and often came back to my balcony for treats❤
My only regret was hand rearing him and possibly making him a little too friendly of a Robin for most other people. I think he did okay though.
I love Robins too. They are certainly one of my signs the first signs of spring. Beautiful birds with a wonderful Spring songs
I raised a baby that fell out of the nest with my then 5yr old daughter....what a hoot and when we freed her, she'd come back and see us.......too wonderful.
Liked Robin's since I was a kid and my mom would read Dr. Suess "Are You My Mother?" Plus memories of them following my grandfather around in the garden.
I can never have enough robins in my backyard. I love watching them scoot by as they search for worms and their song is, indeed, music to my ears.
Thank you Leslie! The American Robin is my absolute favorite bird on the planet!😇
I like that they are bold. They will get closer than other bird species and don't fly away when I talk to them.
I love the way a robin races across the grass, stops, tilt his/her head to listen, then promptly dive and pull up a worm. I can imagine Hanna-Barbera cartoon sound effects as he/she does so (sound of a rubber band being pulled sound, then "snap!")
I say to people who give me grief for bird watching, "birds make me happy" all the time. I ordered a shirt, because, yes. Thank you very much for all you do.
Damn, some people really are sad and boring sometimes, huh?
Thanks a lot, Tom. :)
I hope when I die I come back as a bird. Not a bird that eats other birds or foot long frogs. Just a nice free flying happy song bird.
People give you grief for being a bird-watcher? I have to ask, why?
@@blackrabbit212 Probably because he's wrapped up in himself and can't see anything else beyond his nose.
Love hearing them in the early morning after an evening of light ground soaking rain. It's like they're happy to be ready to hit the worm smorgasbord.
You forgot to mention that adorable sound of Robins crashing into windows and glass doors as they attach their own reflections during mating season, LOL
Gods beautiful creation made to bring us joy and hope 😍❤️🌸🦋
Amen and Amen.
PRAISE THE LORD!
*Allah’s beautiful creation
Even after 50 years, sighting the first Robin in spring still thrills me. The same with butterflies, fireflies and ladybugs...although we don't see many butterflies or ladybugs anymore 😔
My favorite bird❤ they sing so beautifully outside my window every morning and evening sometimes at night like in the evening time. It really makes my day so much better. Thank you God❤
I like how friendly they are. Once I was stripping topsoil for a future housing development. Every morning when I pulled up to my bulldozer ,when it was still dark , the robins came out of the trees to greet me. I was the guy who made the worms and they followed me everywhere.
Flocks of Robin's showing up in my yard😊 Love their songs and antics
Same here! The same pair from last year has showed up :)
I have one chubby male who visits every day. I live in a 4th floor apt. and was startled to see a robin on my patio, but he visits my feeding station throughout the day. He likes the dried mealworms (of course) but really goes for the peanut suet nuggets. He's a very large robin, gorgeous deep red breast, but no mate yet.
I love watching them run, they always make me smile. My favorite bird
They always innately know when Spring is coming...so cool. If the Robins are here then Spring weather is right behind.
Robins are great. Quiet, polite, modest.
I do love them for bringing spring along. Over the years, with our trees maturing, we see more and more types of birds in the neighborhood, but Robins still seem to be the ones bringing along the spring. Plus, they have such a proud stance as they walk in the grass, and how they look at you for a moment, makes me smile every time.
Living in Florida after 50 years in Michigan, I REALLY miss the robin's song. It's exciting to watch them stop here on their way "home," but we miss that lilting, spring melody. Thank you, Lesley. Very enjoyable video!
In the mid to late 70's I remember seeing robins in Southwest Fl (Ft Myers) which is where I grew up. But now I don't see them and haven't for years.😢
@@zacharypeacock6278 They seem to fly through faster and maybe in less numbers each spring...hope that's only my observation, and not true.
There is nothing lovely about them, especially when they wake you up at 0400 every morning
You can't help but be happy when they're around. The song in the morning is always "cheer up, cheer up, cheer up! Peep Peep"
I have 3 crab apple trees in my yard and Robins have been eating on them all winter.😀
I think when they say, "the early bird gets the worm," they are talking about robins. They always seem to be the first ones I hear in the morning. Their egg color is pretty special, too. Love them!
That is why my nickname for a Robin is the Starter bird. They are 1st up singing and start the birds singing in the morning.
I love the way Robin's run quickly, then stop. Then run..........and run!
It's really cute to watch the moms feed the kids once they're out of the nest!
Robins look like little penguins with sunburned bellies! They're so neat!
This spring in Alaska, the robins have been absolutely awesome. Their songs hit me right at the heart.
I was visited by a Robin today while he was searching for worms. He hopped across the lawn to be near me, jumped on the fence, watched me, then left. I was smitten! Then I hopped on the web and landed on this wonderful video and your fantastic channel!!
Robins have to be one of my top favorite birds. They are all around beautiful. I just had 5 just drop down looking for food near my garden. Reason to learn more about them.
Consequently, “Red, pot-bellied-earthworm-muncher” is my wife’s pet name for me.
Yuck! I hope it's not TOTALLY accurate. ;)
I've noticed the Robin has the most haphazard hasty nest of any other bird. They often seem to put them in unsafe spots.. Every summer, it seems, I find a Robin nest trashed by the wind with either broken eggs or dead young babies. So sad. LOVELY birds. Just arrived here a couple days ago in N.E. USA. Beautiful photography. Love your channel.
You are so right about that. Even out in the woods I've noticed that they aren't very cautious about where they put their nest. Often it's right out in the open. Thanks for the comment. Have a great evening :)
I'm a diehard robin fan ever since some construction guys toppled a nest next door and I managed to save one little guy, raised him up and eventually let him go in my back yard. He was SO sweet and lovable, and very affectionate. I think these birds are much, much smarter than most people realize.
I have a family of robins in my front porch awning right now. 4 huge babies in one nest. It's been so delightful watching them. I'll miss them when they fly soon
I love how they are the first bird that you hear in the morning, even before the sun comes up!
Robins!! They are so cute - I love seeing them hopping around in the yard. A mom made her nest in the lilac book near me and we feel so blessed
I saw two Robins in the bird bath today, they were so cute ruffling their feathers together in the water.
Just love robins and their beautiful songs, sounds like spring.
Country in chaos.
YT: Want a video about robins?
Where I live, Robins get no respect compared to the warblers and nuthatches on the feeder. But I like Robins because they work so hard and don't expect to be fed!
Yeah, what's up with those socialist warblers and nuthatches! Those Marxist / Communist feeders need to pull themselves up by their boot-straps and be like the robins! Yeah! Robins even wear the color of your political party! Yeah!
As Much as I loved the snow living in Breckenridge CO I couldn't wait to see the first spring Robin; it meant summer wasn't far off and we all could finally start wearing t-shirts and shorts again!!!
I fell in love with these birds when I went to visit family in MI
Watching them walk on the ground in the garden searching for worms was one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen
The sign of spring that’s why it’s my favorite bird!!
There is a nest at my grandma’s that has been there for years. When I checked on it (assuming it was abandoned) sure enough, the bush jumped when I touched it and there were 2 eggs inside! I checked them again the next day and they had hatched. I’ve named them Sunny and Cream! Yesterday I got to see the mom and they are def robins!
❤Robins are Charming!!! Watching the parent serve the young ones on the lawn yet teaching how to feed themselves ..!Thankyou for your info about these beautiful Birds!❤
I don’t understand how anyone can tap the thumbs down on these cute little videos. Thank you Lesley for your efforts to bring new perspectives into rookie bird watcher like me. I am going to see the robins in my backyard with a new fascination now.
My favorite bird! I love it when a round of robins (sometimes a dozen) sweeps into our show-covered back yard in the winter. They get tipsy from eating red berries on our pyracantha bushes. Thanks for this lovely video.
I agree. Robins are my favorite. Beautiful singers.
The state bird of Michigan. Being born and raised there, I can remember in kindergarten getting an outline of one on paper to color in crayon. Lots of orange and black. In Spring, the open farm land would be covered with armies of them, hunting down night crawlers in mass. It always seems like they have been a friend and companion all my life. I can remember taking afternoon naps on our screened in porch and being serenaded to sleep by a robin in a nearby maple tree for hours as a gentle Summer breeze would blow. Best sleep I ever got!
I don’t have anything to add but how remarkable your love for birds is. That purity rings true & is quite beautiful.
I get so excited when I see my first robin it’s a tradition with me and my 86 yr old mother I call her or she calls me when we see our first robin of the season I wish I would have kept a record of the dates because we have been doing this for at least 14 yrs love my birds.
I love how fierce they are when squirrels try to mess with nestlings.
We always look forward to Mrs Robin and her husband returning from wherever in our Northern Ontario spring.
I love that they are bold! They don't care that I am doing my things in the garden and sometimes they approach very closely! If you come out in the garden suddenly they will not just fly away. They will watch you and decide if they have to leave or if they can stay. Sometimes they even just walk away a bit, instead of flying away!
Love them! Have a nest on my porch light and Robins returned for the second spring. They raised two separate broods, 6 babies in all, it was awesome to watch them grow and see them up close throughout the summer! Looking forward to next spring and hope they come back!❤️
I love their blue eggs! Thank you, great video🌻
I adore robins, they are such charismatic little birds.
For years my grandparents have been accompanied by a robin couple living on their property. They live out in the country, so it’s nice to see the rabbits and the woodpeckers and the snakes, but the fact that the robin couple nests right by the front door in their mailbox makes my visits all the more special.
I get a kick over how "violent" they are when bathing in the bird bath. Water flying every where and the robin totally soaked. They will sit on the fence to dry and sometimes go right back in. Also will jump under the sprinkler when I water my lawn and flower beds.
I am poignantly reminded of my mother when I hear them sing and chirp, she loved to lie in bed and listen to them at dawn.
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They are the sound of summer to me. We raised a baby robin and knew he/she would fly away eventually. Georgie flew away in autumn but is forever in my heart. ❤️
We just put in a birdbath and our first visitor was a huge male robin, he was beautiful!
Once when i was a kid in south texas one morning the entire lawn was covered in chirping robins. Living on a migration route can be interesting.
I hear them at 3:30-4AM every morning! Not to mention, a robin family just built a nest outside of my window, so I'll get a front-row seat!
There Is NOTHING, More Welcoming To A New Summer Day, Than Hearing The Robins And Other Birds Start Chirping Away In The Trees During Early Morning, Just As The Day Begins To Start Getting Light Outside Again. A Wonderful Experience Before Hearing People's Cars And School Busses Drowning Out The Birds As They Rush Off To Their Jobs And School...
Robins here are loved to see when a cold winter is ready to be over.
I love their blue eggs! You're right, I first saw a robin's nest as a child, and the experience was exciting. The male territorial fights are impressive too.