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 ...

A male robin will be more diligent in caring for its young if the eggs its mate lays are a brighter shade of blue. Queen's University biology professor Bob Montgomerie has been studying robins on and ...

Bird eggs range in colors and can be ornately maculated with spots, blotches and scrawls. They vary in shape and size, and they must be thick enough to withstand the weight of an incubating parent but ...

When the ice goes out, it’s time to put the docks in. Or maybe, if you’re brave, submerge a little skin. Spring colors are special, so soak up the view. It’s only once a year we see true robin’s egg ...

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 ...

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 ...