Nesting is dirty work for robins

Same bird, later in the day

May 2, 2018 at 9:38PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This is the same robin I worked with this morning, still finishing her nest. She was collecting rootlets, pulling them from the ground. And she had been plastering the inside of her nest with mud, to give it firmness. You can see evidence of the mud on her breast.

(James J. Williams /The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(James J. Williams /The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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