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Coloring Pages and More American Robin Activities

This American Robin Activities page is meant to be a companion to any of the many excellent American Robin Facts articles and books that are available.

On this page you'll find links to American Robin coloring pages and other kid-friendly activity pages, American Robin songs and calls, YouTube videos that feature the American Robin (including a couple of music videos of old popular songs "inspired" by the American Robin), and a couple pictures that I especially like.

The American Robin is one of my favorite birds, partly because its arrival heralds the return of spring in our area, partly because of its jaunty appearance while hopping and bobbing along in our yard in search of worms, and also for its cheerful melodic singing during summer mornings and evenings.

I hope you enjoy the following selections of fun information and activities about the American Robin!

Image of American Robin from Birdorable on Zazzle.com.

Range Map of American Robin
Listen to American Robin Songs and Calls
American Robin Coloring Pages
Robin Devouring a Persimmon!
Help the Robin Find His Supper
American Robin Videos
Robin in Summer, Robin in Winter
Resources for Learning About the American Robin

Range Map of American Robin

Most people who live in North America will recognize the American Robin.

yellow Summer-only range

yellow Year round range

yellow Winter-only range

Range map image from Wikipedia and in the public domain.

Listen to American Robin Songs and Calls

The American Robin has a few different sounds. Have you heard these sounds before? They may be very familiar to you, even if you didn't know what kind of bird made them.

The singing is by the male to attract mates. The "tutting" is an alarm call.

Listen to singing.
Listen to "tutting".
Listen to "whinnying".
Listen to Evening song with calls.

Hear more robin sounds on All About Birds / American Robin. Also search the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Macaulay Library of bird sounds and videos.

American Robin note card by Classic_Cat on Zazzle.

American Robin Coloring Pages

There are a number of excellent coloring pages of the American Robin that you can print out for free and color, from simple line drawings to more complex pictures.

Click on the images below to go to these online coloring pages.

You can refer back to any of the robin pictures on this page as guides for which colors to use.

Simple drawing of robin from Bird Themed Coloring Pages
Photo of American Robin by SuRi_Photography on Zazzle.

American Robin - State Bird for Three States

The American Robin is the state bird of three states: Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Friends Across America has a number of free coloring pages to print, including pages of each state bird and flower (click "American"). The following three images are from this site. (Check out your own state bird and flower coloring page!)

Click on images to go to coloring page.

Connecticut State Bird and Flower
American Robin and Mountain Laurel

From Friends Across America - Coloring Pages

Michigan State Bird and Flower
American Robin and Apple Blossom

From Friends Across America - Coloring Pages

Wisconsin State Bird and Flower
American Robin and Wood Violet

From Friends Across America - Coloring Pages

Color Your Robin Online

TheColor.com has a simple coloring program online that you can use to color bird images, including the American Robin.

After you register (for free) at TheColor.com, you can save your colored images, email them, or print them out. You can also erase them and start over.

Click on the Robin to the right to color your American Robin online.

Would You Like More Bird Coloring Pages?

Here are a few more links to coloring pages of some of the common birds we see in our backyard.

Robin Devouring a Persimmon!

American Robin eating a persimmon by aehack, CC BY-ND 2.0

Help the Robin Find His Supper

A Fun Kid Activity from KidZone

Click on the image to go to KidZone's American Robin Maze.

Read more about the American Robin on Kidzone

There's also a KidZone word worksheet, to write as many words that you can find from the letters in "American Robin"

American Robin Videos

Curated from YouTube

There are a number of excellent short videos online that showcase the American Robin. I've included three that I especially like (scroll down or click on the link you're interested in):

American Robin Mini-Documentary -- the life of the American Robin
Hungry Robins -- parents feeding their half-grown offspring
Robin Feeding and Incubating -- younger babies being fed

Wide eyed Red Breasted Robin Singing mug

I've also included two fun music videos:

Rockin' Robin -- sung by Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5
When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along sung by Dean Martin

Wide eyed Red Breasted Robin Singing by White_Wedding on Zazzle

American Robin -- Mini-Documentary

This is a short, but well-done mini-documentary about the life of the American Robin. The close-ups show the fine markings on this American Robin.

Hungry Robins

This video was one of the winners in the Birds & Blooms' Backyard Video in 2008. This is great footage of Mom and Dad Robin feeding worms to their hungry offspring.

Robin Feeding and Incubating

Another great video of much younger robins being fed. Listen to the mother robin's gentle chirping to alert her three babies that she has food for them.

Rockin' Robin

Sung by Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 - 1972

Classic young Michael Jackson!

"He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet"

Read the rest of the Rockin' Robin lyrics at eLyrics.net

When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along

Dean Martin sings this upbeat song.
Buy the mp3 download of When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along by Dean Martin.

Robin in Summer, Robin in Winter

The Migration of American Robins

Many robins migrate south for the winter and return north to breed in the spring and summer. But some robins stay put year round in parts of the northern United State, as long as they can find enough food.

Robin in the Snow by penart on Zazzle.

Resources for Learning About the American Robin

Sources for Interesting Facts and Photos

For more about the American Robin, read through these excellent online articles

American Robin Facts by Henry Knight: Nicely laid out page with good facts and photos about the American Robin.
American Robin | All About Birds | Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Learn how to identify American Robin, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their wa
Robin in Summer, Robin in Winter: Most American Robins migrate south during the winter, and return north in the spring and summer. Some robins, though, tough it out in the north during the winter, if they can find enough food.
American Robin -- Fun Facts for Kids: Fun facts for kids, photos and printable activity worksheets. Suitable for Kindergarten through Grade 6.
American Robins - Pictures and Facts - National Geographic: Learn all you wanted to know about American robins with facts, pictures, videos, and news from National Geographic.
Journey North American Robin: Good facts about the ecology of the American Robin
Journey North: American Robin Experts: Students ask questions about the American Robin
Read About Robins -- Especially for Kids: Slideshows, photo galleries about American Robins. Excellent resource for teachers and parents!

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Is the American Robin one of your favorite birds? Did you find a fun American Robin activity here?

(Image from Public Domain Clipart)

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JeanJohnson Jul 16, 2011 @ 10:57 pm | delete

Very nice pictures of the american robin, i just added one of these to my bird page, they are great to see in the wild.

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ElizabethJeanAllen Jun 9, 2011 @ 5:59 am | delete

Lovely pictures

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SereneSea May 25, 2011 @ 9:49 pm | delete

Robins have melodious voice and I remember getting mesmerized by its singing. They are lovely birds and you have featured some beautiful coloring pages of robin that are fun to colour.