### animal | vertebrate | bird:

Robin
* Most robins die before they're one year old.
* Most robins eat berries
  - bugs
  - caterpillars
  - earthworms
  - spiders
  - has-part skin
* Most robins have breasts
  - calls
  - mates
  - live in forests
  - migrate intermediate distances
  - occur in woodlands
  - pull worms
  - raise chicks
* Some robins are true or partial albinos.
* Some robins belong to families
  - old world flycatcher families
* Some robins feed on berries
  - fruit berries
  - have fluffs
  - seek insects
* adapt to habitats.
* also consume large numbers of the berrylike cones.
* are a familiar bird in many British gardens
  - good example of a seed disperser
  - about ten inches long
  - all members of the same bird species
  - altricial, as are blue jays, cardinals and most other birds
* are among the most familiar of all garden birds, with their bright red breasts
  - species whose numbers increased with suburban residential development
  - animals
  - bands
  - fairly large songbirds that are often seen feeding on moist lawns
  - found throughout the state of Washington
  - in fullautumn song
  - larger and much more brightly colored
  - located in lawns
  - migratory birds
  - notoriously aggressive towards each other
  - omnivores
  - passerines
  - primarily monogamous and are normally devoted to only one mate at a time
  - so adaptable that they can survive almost anywhere
  - strongly territorial and chase off other robins and even larger species
  - subject to extreme predation pressures by housecats, owls and hawks
* are the largest of our thrushes
  - quintessential early bird
  - thrushs
  - uncommon cowbird hosts, and doing well in most of their range
  - vertebrates
* are very active and possibly beginning to move northeastward
  - dependent on availability of worms on their nesting territories
* begin exploring other robins' territories seeking a mate.
* breed in the widest variety of habitats of any Washington songbird.
* build an open cup nest on a horizontal limb or in the main crotch of a tree.
* build nests in trees, and pheasants build nests in bushes
  - out of mud and grass
  - their nests in shrubs, tree forks, or any ledge large enough for the nest
* can have up to three clutches per year and are thus capable of very rapid reproduction
  - recognize one another easily by their red breast
  - sing for long stretches without stopping
* carry mud into their nests and rotate their bodies to give it shape.
* cock their heads to improve their ability to look at the ground.
* defend breed territory
* eat a lot of food, especially during migration
  - fruit in fall and winter
  - small insects, spiders, and worms
* even eat the berries of poison ivy and poison oak.
* feed along the edge of the river
  - bigger morsels to their young
* feed on a wide variety of insects, as well as worms, berries, and garden titbits
* fly south for the winter.
* form monogamous pair bonds that last throughout the breeding season.
* go to great lengths to keep other robins off their patch.
* has-part backs
* hatch without feathers but soon are covered with gray down.
* have a courtship ritual that involves the male feeding the female
  - monogamous mating system and produce two to three broods a year
  - an erect stance as they cross lawns in search of food
  - remarkably plastic nesting site requirements
  - two broods a year
* includes air sacs
  - chests
  - lips
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - sections
* inhabit open woodlands, agricultural lands, gardens and parks
* live as interesting a life as any garden bird
* living in the Pacific Northwest and in Newfoundland have the deepest, brightest colors.
* look for earthworm holes that have a worm within visual range.
* love the choke cherries in the fall when the fruit is ripe.
* mate almost with one girl.
* prefer such semi-open areas to deep, shadowy, mature forests.
* produce more robins.
* pull worms out of lawns, after all, and swallows catch insects in the air
* range throughout North America, from Alaska to Florida.
* search for worms on the ground and berries in trees and shrubs.
* signify the beginning of spring.
* sing a song that can have long or short pauses between phrases
  - songs
* sometimes fight over worms that others have caught.
* spend much of their lives searching for one of their favorite foods, earthworms.
* stay all winter in North Carolina.
* survive winter
  - years
* tend to hop when grass is too high to see through.
* typically feed on earthworms, which are detritivores that feed upon decaying leaves.
* usually build their first nest of the season in an evergreen or on a building.
* utilize both plant and animal food sources almost equally.
* visit backyards.
* zoom through the branches with bits of straw in their beaks.