State Birds and Global Warming - National Wildlife Federation


Birds and Global Warming

Birds & Global Warming

State Birds

Migratory Birds

Ducks and Other Waterfowl

Help Birds Affected by Global Warming

Is Your State Bird Moving On?

Connecticut species impacted by Global Warming

Robin
(Turdus migratorius)

State bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin

Photo © Rod Planck / Photo Researchers, Inc.

Learn more about this bird at eNature.com

The robin is not in danger of disappearing from its home states.

Description
9-11" (23-28 cm). Gray above, brick red below. Head and tail black in males, dull gray in females. Young birds are spotted below.

Voice
Song is a series of rich caroling notes, rising and falling in pitch: cheer-up, cheerily, cheer-up, cheerily.

Habitat
Towns, gardens, open woodlands, and agricultural land.

See birds in your state with populations that are:

Alder Flycatcher
Bank Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Bobolink
Canada Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cliff Swallow
Dark-eyed Junco
Hooded Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Magnolia Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Tree Swallow
White-throated Sparrow
Willow Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Siskin

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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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