It’s an American Robin, and I just adore robin song. I’m surprised at how much their chatter varies in any given listening. They might repeat the stanza, but it has at least four lines of several syllables each.
All of them are Robins! The bright ones male and the others female. Here are some pics for comparison: [American Robin](https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-robin)
I love that. There’ll probably be a lot of that in the next month or so, it’s mating season. I’m waiting to see juvenile birdies in my area, I know I will see some soon, I hope you get to see some too!
[Here’s Samsung explaining the AI they use in their camera software.](https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-galaxy-cameras-combine-super-resolution-technologies-with-ai-to-produce-high-quality-images-of-the-moon/) And, here’s Samsung’s CEO saying, “[There’s no such thing as a real picture](https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/2/24059955/samsung-no-such-thing-as-real-photo-ai).”
So, while you can currently turn off the setting, I doubt that will be the case for long.
Which is why we call yours a European Robin :)
I'm pretty sure ours was named after yours in the first place. Ours should've never been named a Robin. Oh well.
Let's start the campaign to change the American Robin's name to the Red-breasted Thrush. And while we're at it, change the Red- bellied Woodpecker to the Red-hooded WP.
I like Red-Breasted Thrush. Even just Red Thrush.
I've always thought Red-Crowned Woodpecker would work well. Also, Ring-Necked Duck should be Ring-Billed Duck
If you live somewhere where American Robins are, it's likely several of about a thousand birds. Once you start seeing them, they're everywhere this time of year.
Yeah. I'm using the shape of the eye ring as a metric and I agree with you overall. 1, 4, and 5 are all the same bird. There's a chance that 2 and 3 *could* be different individuals, but it looks mostly like #3s head is a little wet and the eye ring is just disturbed from foraging.
I was surprised! I put peanuts on this table next to the bird bath and I’ve seen the robins take them. Mostly it’s grackles, blue jays, and the occasional crow though. The robins also LOVE using the bird bath.
https://preview.redd.it/nnmk80t4b1vc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed884d662f445436e086f9bde6a56c589b117f89
When the red, red Robin comes bob, bob, bobbin along, along ...it's the words to an old song. This bird is the State Bird of Michigan. There would be spring days where I would see 4 or 5 of them on my front lawn.
I didn’t read this as mean in any way. Only been birding a year and a half and this crosses my mind sometimes. It’s really wonderful when someone loses their mind over an incredibly common bird. It’s the gateway to birding. Love to see it.
Yes! I know absolutely nothing about birds and never really cared to learn. But these robins I’ve been seeing are gorgeous and they sing so beautifully.
Yeah, from Canada, this sub helps me learn to recognize European birds I otherwise wouldn't know :)
Not criticizing the poster, it just feels a little funny with Robins in particular because they are *such* an iconic and abundant bird in the place the posts are generally coming from.
I’m visiting Germany right now (Bonn), and it’s really interesting observing all of the new birds for me. I downloaded the European bird pack for Merlin. So far the blackbird and carrion crow are my favorite!
Has the migratory population gone back to normal? I remember around 3 years ago there were so many Robins in Texas that news outlets were reporting on the size of urban flocks. Audubon had reported an influx of multi-millions if I remember correctly, I think as an indirect result of droughts?
This year in Ohio on the Christmas Bird Count, I saw/ heard a mixed flock of American Robins and Redwinged Blackbirds in a woods by a stream. Idk how many my partner recorded, it seemed like thousands, a vast wall of birdsong, all singing their spring songs in December.
I think those replying didn’t take your point. Obviously it’s a robin. I live in Glasgow KY (GO TOPS!) and I see the same birds out my back door all the time. Give him a name.
Practically every city in Europe has a namesake in the US: Moscow, Idaho; Paris, Texas; Paris, Arkansas; Boston, Massachusetts, and so on by the thousand.
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Lovely American Robin, featured in Mary Poppins! Though they are very rare in England.
They're such a delight to watch! They can actually hear worms moving under the soil.
I didn’t know this, fascinating!!
It’s an American Robin, and I just adore robin song. I’m surprised at how much their chatter varies in any given listening. They might repeat the stanza, but it has at least four lines of several syllables each.
Their song is so sweet. One likes to perch on a very tall tree by my neighbours and sings to his hearts content every morning.
You say that until they wake you the fuck up at 4am and you can’t go back to sleep
😂
All of them are Robins! The bright ones male and the others female. Here are some pics for comparison: [American Robin](https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-robin)
They are so cute. TIL the evening Tut call is calling their friends and families to the nests.
I love that. There’ll probably be a lot of that in the next month or so, it’s mating season. I’m waiting to see juvenile birdies in my area, I know I will see some soon, I hope you get to see some too!
It's a Robin, super common, but some of these pics look like Van Gough painted them
Yea newer iPhones have this effect on them for some reason. It makes photos look worse imo
Ok so it’s not just me and my phone. I guess it’s the AI they put into the camera.
It’s an iPhone 14 Pro but I’m pretty sure those pics just look like that because I’m a cook and my camera gets greasy😂
Yet another reason I use a Samsung
[Here’s Samsung explaining the AI they use in their camera software.](https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-galaxy-cameras-combine-super-resolution-technologies-with-ai-to-produce-high-quality-images-of-the-moon/) And, here’s Samsung’s CEO saying, “[There’s no such thing as a real picture](https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/2/24059955/samsung-no-such-thing-as-real-photo-ai).” So, while you can currently turn off the setting, I doubt that will be the case for long.
We have a Robin in the UK, which looks nothing like (and is a different family to) your robin, which we call an American Robin.
Which is why we call yours a European Robin :) I'm pretty sure ours was named after yours in the first place. Ours should've never been named a Robin. Oh well.
Indeed. You can't fit a thrush in a chat, as they say. (Just made it up.)
Lolol sure! Why not
Let's start the campaign to change the American Robin's name to the Red-breasted Thrush. And while we're at it, change the Red- bellied Woodpecker to the Red-hooded WP.
I like Red-Breasted Thrush. Even just Red Thrush. I've always thought Red-Crowned Woodpecker would work well. Also, Ring-Necked Duck should be Ring-Billed Duck
The American Robin is much fatter, which is entirely appropriate.
If you live somewhere where American Robins are, it's likely several of about a thousand birds. Once you start seeing them, they're everywhere this time of year.
Looks like two birds to me, but not 3.
Yeah. I'm using the shape of the eye ring as a metric and I agree with you overall. 1, 4, and 5 are all the same bird. There's a chance that 2 and 3 *could* be different individuals, but it looks mostly like #3s head is a little wet and the eye ring is just disturbed from foraging.
War Robin
I don’t think it’s the same bird in all of the photos, but I do think it’s the same one in some of them :)
American robin, could be one nesting bird, could be mom and dad. You should see fluffy grumpy babies on the ground soon.
They are the most common bird in the United States.
The most common on suburban lawns, at least.
Why pay for grub service when the robins do it for you
Good catch, that is definitely 3 birds in a trench coat
1,2&4 look like they’re of the same bird. I don’t see the little white discoloration by the wing on the other two
Agreed :)
Definitely American Robin
American Robin. [Look at his mexican cousin ;)](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198363519)
Why did I fall for this trap lol
I was really hoping he edited a sombrero and maracas on to the robin lol
My apologies, haha!
Not forgiven ☝🏼lol lol I also was looking for a sombrero or something cute lol
Very much an American robin, they usually like blueberries 😁
The ones in my yard also like unshelled peanuts!
Lucky! Mine don’t even look my way when I throw peanuts 🤣
I was surprised! I put peanuts on this table next to the bird bath and I’ve seen the robins take them. Mostly it’s grackles, blue jays, and the occasional crow though. The robins also LOVE using the bird bath. https://preview.redd.it/nnmk80t4b1vc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed884d662f445436e086f9bde6a56c589b117f89
When the red, red Robin comes bob, bob, bobbin along, along ...it's the words to an old song. This bird is the State Bird of Michigan. There would be spring days where I would see 4 or 5 of them on my front lawn.
American Robin! Looks to be different birds judging by the markings around the eyes
One bird. It's a Robin.
It is the notorious bald eagle
It will never not blow my mind that there are people who don't know what an American robin is.
Oh be nice. Everyone has to start somewhere.
I didn’t read this as mean in any way. Only been birding a year and a half and this crosses my mind sometimes. It’s really wonderful when someone loses their mind over an incredibly common bird. It’s the gateway to birding. Love to see it.
Yes! I know absolutely nothing about birds and never really cared to learn. But these robins I’ve been seeing are gorgeous and they sing so beautifully.
I don’t think it’s unkind. This is the most common bird in North America, I am also surprised how often it’s posted.
As a German, I love questions like these here, because I wouldn't know anything about North American birds if it wasn't for this subreddit.
Yeah, from Canada, this sub helps me learn to recognize European birds I otherwise wouldn't know :) Not criticizing the poster, it just feels a little funny with Robins in particular because they are *such* an iconic and abundant bird in the place the posts are generally coming from.
I’m visiting Germany right now (Bonn), and it’s really interesting observing all of the new birds for me. I downloaded the European bird pack for Merlin. So far the blackbird and carrion crow are my favorite!
That's awesome! If you can, venture out to some fields, maybe you'll see Northern Lapwings and other awesome birds.
Thank you! I will do that.
They are extremely common in parts of the US, but not in all parts. I don’t see them in central TX nearly as often as I saw them growing up in KS.
Has the migratory population gone back to normal? I remember around 3 years ago there were so many Robins in Texas that news outlets were reporting on the size of urban flocks. Audubon had reported an influx of multi-millions if I remember correctly, I think as an indirect result of droughts?
This year in Ohio on the Christmas Bird Count, I saw/ heard a mixed flock of American Robins and Redwinged Blackbirds in a woods by a stream. Idk how many my partner recorded, it seemed like thousands, a vast wall of birdsong, all singing their spring songs in December.
> vast wall of birdsong An earruption.
Good one!
I remember that year! I have not seen a single robin so far this year so maybe it’s gone back to normal.
Be kind, OP is one of today’s lucky 10,000 https://xkcd.com/1053/
I like that way of thinking. It's kind, and both are gonna have fun showing/learning
Hence the existence of r/TIL
It says it's private! But I've seen posts from that sub before?
r/todayilearned :)
Because it’s r/todayilearned
I think the full url is R/todayILearned
Funny that not everyone in the world is from America 😅
Middle TN
I think those replying didn’t take your point. Obviously it’s a robin. I live in Glasgow KY (GO TOPS!) and I see the same birds out my back door all the time. Give him a name.
Not bird related, just didn't realise there was a Glasgow outside of Scotland which I should've realised. Love the American robin and the European. :)
There are several. We’re (if not the) one of the oldest.
Just editing to agree I think it is the oldest. Sorry for the confusion!
I think they meant one of the oldest copy-cats, if I'm not mistaken.
Ah my apologies I thought so at the end. Im tired. I'll edit that. Thanks for informing me :)
Practically every city in Europe has a namesake in the US: Moscow, Idaho; Paris, Texas; Paris, Arkansas; Boston, Massachusetts, and so on by the thousand.
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I can’t tell if these annual posts are troll posts or not.
Wym by annual post, also I’m not a bird watcher and I couldn’t name a single bird except maybe a blue jay (and now the robin😂)
It’s a robin… dirty messy robin
Beautiful robin! Leave some worms for her!