From the far north to the deep south, robins are busy making new little robins. While parents are still feeding one batch, they're starting a new nest and laying eggs for a second batch. Watch the robins in your backyard and see if you can figure out which parent builds that second nest during summer vacation. According to observers in the far north, the robins have almost reached the end of the road.
Scientists believe robins use vision to find earthworms.
Imagine how you would design an experiment to prove this, using dead and living earthworms, rotten eggs, decaying meat and a few other delightful things. They're starting to nest in the south now. Learn the five kinds of robin calls, then go listening in robin territory near you. Look at the lastest maps of singing robins and first earthworms. Many robins are facing a major winter storm.