Talk:American Robin
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"Birds poisoning their young" is from http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/1/3/8/11384/11384-h/11384-h.htm and needs to be validated against current orinthological knowledge. Samw 19:04, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Who builds the nest?
The article says "As with many migratory birds, the males return to the summer breeding grounds before the females and compete with each other for nesting sites. The females then select mates based on the males' songs and the desirability of the nests they have built."
However, both the dead-tree references I own, and all websites I've checked say some variation on the female doing most of the nest-building.[1][2] And the person who added that text hasn't made an edit since April, so it would probably be futile to ask on their Talk page. Niteowlneils 8 July 2005 01:37 (UTC)
- Text corrected, and ref given. jimfbleak 8 July 2005 05:51 (UTC)
I've been watching a nest of four eggs for at least 10 days. It's only about four feet off the ground in an abrovita. The parents fly to the nest but don't stay long. Do the adults sleep in the nest, as I assumed, or somewhere else? I thought the mother had to sit on the eggs, as a chicken does. Anyway, I'll keep watching.
- the female will sleep on the eggs at night. The eggs may be left during the day as long as it is warm enough. jimfbleak 05:32, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Spelling
I've noticed that there's been some editing back and forth about the spelling of "fledging". My understanding was that "fledging" was a verb, used to describe the action of the mother caring for her young birds...and that the word "fledgling" was a noun referring to the young birds...should we change it back to fledgling? or am I mistaken here?
- You are right! jimfbleak 05:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
