American Robin
by Carol Montoya
Title
American Robin
Artist
Carol Montoya
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A male Robin sits on a limb resting after eating berries from holly trees.
The American robin is a migratory songbird of the thrush family, and the state bird of Connecticut, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The American robin can be found throughout most of North America, from Alaska and Canada southward to northern Florida and even Mexico.
The American robin is the first bird species to lay their eggs with several broods throughout the season. They lay three to five eggs of light blue color. The female robin sits solely on her eggs, hatching in after fourteen days, and chicks leaving the nest after two weeks. The male and female robin both feed and protect their fledged chicks until they can feed on their own.
Native American mythology:
"The American robin has a place in Native American mythology. The story of how the robin got its red breast by fanning the dying flames of a campfire to save a Native American man and a boy." and "The Tlingit people of Northwestern North America held it to be a culture-hero created by Raven to please the people with its song.One of the houses of the Raven Tribe from the Nisga'a Nation holds the robin as a house crest."
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January 28th, 2016
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