WELL, IT’S BEGUN. Despite all the rain and cold weather, the robins have determined that it is spring and time to start a family. First things first: Establishing where they are going to build their ...

This is a stressful time for male robins, who are patrolling their territories keeping an eye out for any other male robin that might try to take over. Carlos Osorio AP file, 2012 Well — it’s begun.

I even had a group of robins doing battle with Cedar Waxwings over the apples in my crabapple tree in February. The American Robin is a member of the thrush family, which also includes bluebirds, ...

Ah, spring, when a young bird’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of . . . Murder! That, at least, is what seems to be happening at Don and Barbara Schmid's house in Ocean Pines, Md. In very early ...

The robin is regularly crowned the UK's favourite bird. With its inquisitive nature and unmistakable red breast, it's a familiar and welcome sight on garden fences and along country paths. But how ...

It’s not just humans who get pregnancy cravings. The females of one bird species also seem to get an itch for certain foods when they are incubating eggs – and their partners are able to pander to ...