State Bird

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Meet Turdus migratorius - the American robin - a bird familiar to anyone from Wisconsin probably because most of us know it is the Wisconsin state bird.  I would also add that it is a particularly cool Latin classification. 

Females are characterized by a grey head and a dull red breast while males sport a a darker head and a darker, rusty red breast.

A territorial bird they raise a stink whenever I approach the granary.  Every year a robin builds a nest in the rafters of the lean-to over the deck.  Like the bird in the picture above you'll often spy them walking erect in the lawn foraging for something to eat.