* COMMON NAME: AMERICAN ROBIN. * SPECIES:.(SPORTS) From: The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: December 29, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

* COMMON NAME: American Robin.

* SPECIES: Turdus migratorius.

* DESCRIPTION: Gray above, brick red below. Head and tail black in males, dull gray in females. Young birds are spotted below.

* VOICE: Song a series of rich caroling notes, rising and falling in pitch cheer-up, cheerily, cheer-up, cheerily.

* HABITAT: Towns, gardens, open woodlands and agricultural land.

* NESTING: Three to five blue-green eggs in a well-made cup of mud reinforced with grass and twigs and lined with softer grasses. The nest is placed in a tree or on a ledge or windowsill; American ...

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