Pretty sure this is an American Robin but I’m new to this.
Yes. That’s the bastard that wakes me up every morning at 4:30.
Him and the mourning doves
definitely a robin
Really? European robins look very different, the only similarity is the red breast (and even then, it’s only a superficial similarity)
Edit: I’m not trying to contradict you, just slightly surprised
You’re correct. They’re not closely related other than by name. Wikipedia says:
The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin[3] 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.
I’m finding that they love middle ground, that is fence posts and my wood pile height
I usually see them about a meter up in blackberry bushes, so that tracks.
Do yourself a huge favour and get the Merlin Bird ID app. It’ll be your best friend when trying to identify the birds you spot.
+1 for Merlin. It got our whole discord server into birding
Does Merlin do images? I thought it only did sounds.
That said, I use Seek by iNautralist for image identification.
It will do images, sounds, or step by step id. Because it’s by cornell university and they also run eBird… you can connect the two if you want also.
Thanks! I will look into using it for other ids!
The sound ID is really fun and impressive. I like going on a walk through a park or woods and seeing how many birds it identifies from sound alone.
I really like using it that way… then I can start training myself to ID them by sound by using the app’s ID as a cheat sheet.
