In a robin couple, a male brings his female partner nesting material as she constructs the robins’ nest. The female builds the cup-like nest with mud as its foundation and lines it with grasses, twigs ...

DEAR PET TALK: I don’t have pets but keep active birdfeeders, so all the birds are my “pets in the wild.” I have always wondered: Why do robins lay blue eggs? BIRD LOVER DEAR BIRD LOVER: I concur with ...

In spring, birds turn into busy builders. They gather grass blades, bark strips, twigs, feathers, string, even mud, which they use to create structures to hold their eggs. Their nests, ranging from ...

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In the spring, robins living on an Illinois tree farm sat on some unusual eggs. Alongside the customary brilliant blue ovoids they had laid were some unusually shaped objects. Although they had the ...

Dear Pet Talk: I don’t have pets but keep active birdfeeders, so all the birds are my “pets in the wild.” Why do robins lay blue eggs? — Bird Lover Dear Bird Lover: I concur with you about wild birds ...