Episode Number
78
Episode Show Notes / Description
American robin (Turdus migratorius).
Our most common thrush.
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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:
- American robin song by Wil Hershberger (ML508723)
- American robin call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML508740)
- American robin "squeak" call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML508739)
- American robin "tuck" call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML508732)
Sources and more:
- https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Robin
- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-robin
- Dobson, C., Kassenbaum, D., Oehmke, D., & Misewicz, M. (2023). Field guide to hotspots and birds in Illinois. Scissortail LLC.
- Godfrey, M. A., & Kaufman, Kenn. (Directors). (2004). National Audubon Society videoguide to the birds of North America [Video recording]. In Audubon videoguide to 505 birds of North America DVD I & DVD II (Fullscreen.). Godfrey-Stadin Productions.
- Peterson, R. T., & Peterson, V. M. (1980). A field guide to the birds: A completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America (Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged.). Houghton Mifflin Company.
Transcript
This is Brodie with Illinois Extension and I’m here with a new “voice of the wild”
This common bird’s spring and summertime dawn song is a friendly reminder that the sun is, in fact, up; and though you might have been just fine with another hour or two of sleep, this thrush is awake and ready for a full day of showing off their ochre-red breast while searching for earthworms in your lawn. That’s a hard day’s work for an American Robin.
The robin can be found throughout north America during the breeding season and during winter anywhere south of Canada, though during the winter you’re unlikely to find an individual browsing your yard, instead you’ll find them in big roving, flocks searching for trees full of berries. In the winter, listen for the American robin’s characteristic “tuk”s and squeking calls anytime you’re near a berry or fruit-filled woodlot, be it in a suburb or woodland. Here’s the American Robin again.
Thank you to the Macaulay library at the Cornell lab for today’s sound. Learn more about voice of the wild at go.illinois.edu/VOW
This common bird’s spring and summertime dawn song is a friendly reminder that the sun is, in fact, up; and though you might have been just fine with another hour or two of sleep, this thrush is awake and ready for a full day of showing off their ochre-red breast while searching for earthworms in your lawn. That’s a hard day’s work for an American Robin.
The robin can be found throughout north America during the breeding season and during winter anywhere south of Canada, though during the winter you’re unlikely to find an individual browsing your yard, instead you’ll find them in big roving, flocks searching for trees full of berries. In the winter, listen for the American robin’s characteristic “tuk”s and squeking calls anytime you’re near a berry or fruit-filled woodlot, be it in a suburb or woodland. Here’s the American Robin again.
Thank you to the Macaulay library at the Cornell lab for today’s sound. Learn more about voice of the wild at go.illinois.edu/VOW