American Robin Song

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American robin song. The musical song of the american robin is a familiar sound of spring. The robin s rich caroling is among the earliest bird songs heard at dawn in spring and summer often beginning just before first light. A very familiar bird over most of north america running and hopping on lawns with upright stance often nesting on porches and windowsills. Click above to hear the sounds and bird song of the american robin.
In fall and winter robins may gather by the hundreds in roaming flocks concentrating at sources of food. American robin song song. In addition to its song the american robin has a number of calls used for communicating specific information such as when a ground predator approaches and when a nest or another american robin is being directly threatened. According to the north american breeding b.
The american robin also sings when storms approach and again when storms have passed. It s a string of 10 or so clear whistles assembled from a few often repeated syllables and often described as cheerily cheer up cheer up cheerily cheer up the syllables rise and fall in pitch but are delivered at a steady rhythm with a pause before the bird begins singing again. The species is numerous and widespread. Compliments of the macaulay library at the cornell lab of ornithology.
Robins are fairly large songbirds about 8 to 11 inches long with a wingspan of 12 to 16 inches.