American Robins in Caithness

[Rheghead]

I saw an American robin in my garden today. According to my Bird Guide they are a rare vagrant bird that visit only at this time of year.

[Mr P Cannop]

I saw an American robin in my garden today. According to my Bird Guide they are a rare vagrant bird that visit only at this time of year.

how do you know it was an American robin ??

[Rheghead]

Because I got a good long view of it, in 30 years of being a keen birder I have never seen a bird like this before. I looked it up and it matched the description in my book.

[Mr P Cannop]

is it different from other robins ?? if so do you have a photo of it ??

[Rheghead]

http://members.aol.com/sabbytut/amerob.jpg

It was about the size of a blackbird and the red breast was very bright red.

[Mr P Cannop]

is that different then other robins ??

[Naefearjustbeer]

is that different then other robins ??

The easy way to tell is if you get close enough to listen to them they have an american accent

[2little2late]

It was definitely an American robin because it was perched on Bush [lol] [lol]

[Mr P Cannop]

is that different then other robins ??

The easy way to tell is if you get close enough to listen to them they have an american accent

does any one have any sound of it ??

[Naefearjustbeer]

sort of like this

"tweet tweet tweet tweet" :D

with a texan drawl

[Mr P Cannop]

omg lol

[Rheghead]

You won't believe this but my wife has just told me that she put out some peanut butter on the bird table this morning!!!

Geez those yankees just wanna slice of home! [lol]