Pretty sure this is an American Robin but I'm new to this.
definitely a robin
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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.
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.
Edit: after making this comment i opened the app and actually looked at the interface beyond the green microphone button i polish as soon as I normally open it. Sure enough there is an id by photo button. 🤦♂️
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.
Yes. That's the bastard that wakes me up every morning at 4:30.
Him and the mourning doves
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.