American Robin: Turdus migratorius
The robins have started foraging for worms on the front lawn, now that the ground isn't frozen anymore. The humans always refer to them as "back", but they've been here all winter. Unlike the grackles and starlings, they are polite and companionable birds, except when they're hunting. Then, they don't like to be interrupted with idle conversation. We are seed eaters, primarily, so I can't get up a lot of gastronomic enthusiasm for a muddy, shrieking earthworm--but the robins seem to feel the same about worms as the human males here do about braised steak in gravy. When they are not "in the field", I've had interesting conversations with robins about lawn care. They don't like pesticides and herbicides on the lawn--it reduces the prey species.
Geoffrey
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