The first singing begins well before the sky lights up. One type of bird that is always seen to start singing even before most parts of the environment have started waking up is the European robin and ...

As summer draws on, spring’s dawn chorus of birdsong fades. There is no sudden hard stop, just a gradual decrescendo as various voices drop out when their nesting cycle nears its ending. But even in ...

If you’ve ever been up before sunrise, whether for an early flight, a camping trip, or just a bout of insomnia, then you’ve probably heard it: a lone bird piercing the silence when everything else is ...

It happens every spring morning like clockwork. The sky is still dark, the neighbourhood is silent, and then out of nowhere, a robin starts up. Clear, bright, cheerful, completely unbothered by the ...

A dozen American robins were singing exuberantly when I went outside this morning. Almost six months have passed since I last heard them utter anything other than their usual emphatic chirping.