American Robin Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Overlooked given how common they are, but SUCH a wonderful sight and sound in the early spring, after a long South Dakota winter. A handful may stick around for the winter, but for the most part it's March when American Robins start increasing in number in our part of South Dakota. It's so wonderful on what are often still quite cold, late March days, to hear the first unexpected song of an American Robin! This photo of an American Robin eating a eastern red cedar berry was taken in Newton Hills State Park on October 11th, 2010.

American Robin - Turdus migratorius


American Robin 1	American Robin 2	American Robin 3	American Robin 4
October 11th, 2010	April 12th, 2012	May 8th, 2004	May 8th, 2004
Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Sachuest National Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island	Brandon, South Dakota	Brandon, South Dakota
Side view of Robin eating fruit on an eastern red cedar tree	Profile of a robin on a thorny branch	Mother Robin and young on nest in a river birch tree	Mother Robin and young on nest in a river birch tree

American Robin 5	American Robin 6	American Robin 7	American Robin 8
March 27th, 2005	July 16th, 2005	October 11th, 2010	July 13th, 2008
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Brandon, South Dakota	Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota
Robin perched on a barbed wire fence	Recently fledged bird with juvenile plumage	Prowling Robin on the hunt in the grass	First-year young bird in a honeysuckle bush with berries

American Robin 9	American Robin 10	American Robin 11	American Robin 12
July 13th, 2008	July 13th, 2008	September 30th, 2008	May 21st, 2009
Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota
Young bird reaching for a berry in a honeysuckle bush	Immature bird perched in a fruiting bush	Robin in eastern red cedar with fruit, with blue sky background	Profile of a bird sitting on a dead tree branch

American Robin 13	American Robin 14	American Robin 15	American Robin 16
October 11th, 2010	October 11th, 2010	October 11th, 2010	October 11th, 2010
Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota
Robin in profile on a prolifically fruiting eastern red cedar tree	Robin in profile on a prolifically fruiting eastern red cedar tree	Robin in profile on a prolifically fruiting eastern red cedar tree	Robin with a juniper berry (eastern red cedar) in its bill

American Robin 17	American Robin 18	American Robin 19	American Robin 20
May 26th, 2011	May 26th, 2011	April 26th, 2011	March 11th, 2012
Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota	Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota	Brandon, South Dakota	Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota
Robin perched in a bush, scolding a nearby owl	Robin perched in a bush, scolding a nearby owl	Robin perched on some Sioux quartzite	Bird hoping to find a meal in the grass on an late winter day

American Robin 21	American Robin 22	American Robin 23	American Robin 24
October 13th, 2013	May 13th, 2018	May 5th, 2019	May 3rd, 2020
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Brandon, South Dakota	Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota	Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota
Profile of a robin with autumn foliage in the background	Robin perched on the top of some pink quartzite	Robin perched on top of a large wooden fence post	Robin foraging in the grass for a meal

American Robin 25	American Robin 26	American Robin 27	American Robin 28
May 12th, 2019	April 13th, 2019	April 15th, 2018	May 24th, 2020
Outdoor Campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Brandon, South Dakota
American Robin in lush green spring grass with dandelions	Spring snow catching American Robin by surprise	Robin feeding on crabapple berries in the early spring	Inquisitive robin perched on a decorative shepherd's hook

American Robin 29	American Robin 30
September 27th, 2020	September 27th, 2020
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
First-year robin feeding on berries in eastern red cedar	Robin perched in a fruiting eastern red cedar tree