The female builds the cup-like nest with mud as its foundation and lines it with grasses, twigs and other plant material before laying bright blue robin eggs. “I’ve watched American robins ...

The American robin has long signaled the arrival of spring, right up there with crocuses poking through dirt and frogs ribbiting at night.

At this time of year, bald eagles are incubating eggs, so any time you turn in you have a good chance of catching sight of at least one of them on the nest. No, the American robin was chosen as ...