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https://www.thespruce.com/how-robins-find-worms-4045426
How Robins Find Worms
By Melissa Mayntz
Updated on 02/16/22
It is one of the most common of all sights in spring and summer across most of the United States: the familiar American robin (Turdus migratorius) bobbing across a grass lawn or garden, cocking its head and pausing frequently, then pulling a long earthworm right out of the soil. While robins also devour beetles, caterpillars, fruits, and berries, it is the sight of that robin tugging at a worm that is iconic...
https://www.thespruce.com/how-robins-find-worms-4045426
How Robins Find Worms
By Melissa Mayntz
Updated on 02/16/22
It is one of the most common of all sights in spring and summer across most of the United States: the familiar American robin (Turdus migratorius) bobbing across a grass lawn or garden, cocking its head and pausing frequently, then pulling a long earthworm right out of the soil. While robins also devour beetles, caterpillars, fruits, and berries, it is the sight of that robin tugging at a worm that is iconic...