Banding birds provides data that helps us understand the movements of birds. Bird banding demonstrations happen at ACNC Saturday mornings in the spring. Photo by Jennifer Schlick If the groundhog sees ...

On a recent trip to Eagle Bend I was delighted to observe my first robin of 2026 on March 11. Indeed, the long-awaited migration of wild birds — American robins included — has begun!

Known for their bright blue eggs, American robins are a familiar sight hopping across lawns in search of worms, fruit, and insects like grasshoppers and caterpillars. They are early risers, singing ...

Robins are not a sign of spring any more than Punxsutawney Phil, that pampered Pennsylvania groundhog, is a predictor of weather. Here's the scoop on Phil: if he sees his shadow, it means six more ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A robin appeared to pose for a photo just days before the first day of spring. Robert Bye of Sioux Falls said he took the photo in his backyard. The bird was perched in a ...

Robins are the unofficial avian mascot of spring, but did you know that they aren’t the first birds to return to Ontario for the season? If you listen closely, you may hear another common bird ...

The American robin has long signaled the arrival of spring, right up there with crocuses poking through dirt and frogs ribbiting at night. But despite the familiar songbird’s reputation for being the ...

With the start of spring less than a week away — Punxsutawney Phil's prediction notwithstanding — many Americans are undoubtedly on the lookout for the return of the robin. The migratory bird has long ...

On a recent dreary morning — mist and rain, soggy ground — I dragged out of bed, shuffled off to the kitchen, put a pot on and stared out my window. What I saw changed my world. It was a red, red ...