Kids' Guide to Birds of California: Fun Facts, Activities and 86 Cool Birds (Birding Children's Books) - Softcover

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Naturalist, wildlife photographer and writer Stan Tekiela is the author of more than 175 field guides, nature books, children’s books, wildlife audio CDs, puzzles and playing cards, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees, wildflowers and cacti in the United States. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the University of Minnesota and as an active professional naturalist for more than 25 years, Stan studies and photographs wildlife throughout the United States and Canada. He has received various national and regional awards for his books and photographs. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in more than 25 newspapers and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations. Stan can be followed on Facebook and Twitter.

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American Robin
Look for the rusty-red breast

What to look for: black head and a rich, rusty-red breast; female is duller with a gray head and lighter breast

Where you'll find them: loves to hop on lawns in search of worms

Calls and songs: chips and chirps; sings all night in spring; studies report that city robins sing louder than country robins so they can be heard over traffic and noise

On the move: found all over the U.S. in an amazing range of habitats, from sea level to mountaintops

What they eat: insects, fruit and berries, as well as earthworms

Nest: cup; weaves plant materials and uses mud to plaster the nest to a sheltered location

Eggs, chicks & childcare: 4–7 pale blue eggs; Mom sits on the eggs; Mom and Dad feed the baby robins

Spends the winter: in southern states and Mexico and Central America

Stan's Cool Stuff
When a robin walks across your lawn and turns its head to the side, it isn’t listening for worms―it is looking for them. Because its eyes are on the sides of its head, a robin must focus its sight out of one eye to see the moving dirt caused by a worm.

Real Quick
Size: 9-11"
Nest: cup