Best known American bird, recognized even by the youngest child.
  Although considered the symbol of spring, it often winters in the northern states, abandoning lawns for marshes and swampy areas.
  Considered a game bird at one time, was hunted by the thousands.
  Very fond of bathing, will more likely come to a birdbath than to a feeder.
  Often the first and last singer of the day; when you hear 'cheer-up, cheer, cheer, cheer-up' at dawn and dusk, it's a robin!