American Robin

Description: 9-11" Gray above, brick red below. Head and tail black in males, dull gray in females, young birds are spotted below	Habitat: . Common and widespread in suburbs, parks, moist woodlands, swamps, gardens, hedges, forest edges, lawns, pastures, orchards. Often nest close to human structures.
Nesting: 3-5 blue-green eggs in a well-made cup of mud reinforced with grass and twigs and lined with softer grasses, placed in a tree or on a ledge or sill	Range: breeds from Alaska east across southern continent, winters north to British Columbia and Newfoundland
Voice: a long series of rich caroling notes rising and falling in pitch, cheer-up, cheerily, cheer-up, cheerily!	Diet: includes earthworms, snails, etc.; much fruit. Young fed insects.

Notes: although considered harbinger of spring, many winter in northern states, adults belligerently defend nest against predators

When present in Oklahoma: present statewide year-round