Larch Creek Birds

What the birds (and frogs) are saying at a creek in western Washington
Plate 31
American Robin
John James Audubon, Draw
Bird

American Robin

Turdus migratorius
Thrushes and Allies (Turdidae)
Year-round resident. Expected at the creek in every month.
Field marks
The familiar thrush: grey-brown above with a brick-red breast, a dark head with white eye-arcs and a yellow bill.
Male & female
The male's head is blacker and his breast brighter; the female is paler and greyer-headed.
Voice
A rich, caroling 'cheerily, cheer-up, cheerio' from before dawn in spring, and a sharp 'tut-tut-tut' alarm.
Diet
Earthworms and insects from lawns and leaf litter, located by looking, not listening, whatever it appears to be doing; berries and fruit in autumn and winter, occasionally to the point of tipsiness.
Habitat
Lawns, forest edges, orchards; big winter flocks roam for berries.
Nesting
A mud-lined grass cup in a tree fork or on a ledge; 3–4 eggs of the blue that is named after it, two or three broods.
Size
9–11 in long, about 2¾ oz: a deck of cards with an early alarm clock.

One of the first voices of the dawn chorus, starting in the dark before most birds have considered the matter.

Season how expected it is here, week by week

50%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecheard at the creektoday
Fig. 1. BirdNET's range model for this location: the chance this species is present in each week of the year. Orange ticks mark weeks it has actually been heard at the creek; the dashed line is today.

At the creek 9 calls on 1 day, first Oct 29, last Oct 29

2400:00 — 0 calls001:00 — 0 calls02:00 — 0 calls03:00 — 0 calls304:00 — 0 calls05:00 — 0 calls06:00 — 0 calls607:00 — 0 calls08:00 — 0 calls09:00 — 3 calls910:00 — 4 calls11:00 — 2 calls12:00 — 0 calls1213:00 — 0 calls14:00 — 0 calls15:00 — 0 calls1516:00 — 0 calls17:00 — 0 calls18:00 — 0 calls1819:00 — 0 calls20:00 — 0 calls21:00 — 0 calls2122:00 — 0 calls23:00 — 0 callssunrisesunset
Fig. 2. When it calls: all detections by hour of day (today's sunrise and sunset shown).
49Oct 2 — 0 callsOct 3 — 0 callsOct 3Oct 4 — 0 callsOct 5 — 0 callsOct 6 — 0 callsOct 7 — 0 callsOct 8 — 0 callsOct 9 — 0 callsOct 10 — 0 callsOct 10Oct 11 — 0 callsOct 12 — 0 callsOct 13 — 0 callsOct 14 — 0 callsOct 15 — 0 callsOct 16 — 0 callsOct 17 — 0 callsOct 17Oct 18 — 0 callsOct 19 — 0 callsOct 20 — 0 callsOct 21 — 0 callsOct 22 — 0 callsOct 23 — 0 callsOct 24 — 0 callsOct 24Oct 25 — 0 callsOct 26 — 0 callsOct 27 — 0 callsOct 28 — 0 callsOct 29 — 9 callsOct 30 — 0 callsOct 31 — 0 callsOct 31
Fig. 3. Calls per day over the last 30 days.

Recordings

Clearest recording · Oct 29 11:00 am · 92% sure
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Recent · Oct 29 11:00 am · 89% sure
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Recent · Oct 29 10:32 am · 89% sure
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Recent · Oct 29 10:30 am · 88% sure
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From the encyclopedia

The American robin is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family. The American robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering from southern Canada to central Mexico and along the Pacific coast.
From Wikipedia, "American robin", CC BY-SA 4.0.