The baby robins at columnist John Kelly’s home grew fat from worms and mulberries. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly “Do not build your nest there,” we said when we noticed a ...

Outside my dining room window a robin is building a nest. Every morning, I stand in silence, watching in awe as nature takes its course. She flies in and out of the leafless dogwood tree with bits of ...

In a robin couple, a male brings his female partner nesting material as she constructs the robins’ nest. The female builds ...

Last spring, my husband and I began noticing the rising pile of debris on the wooden bench just behind our garage. Dried grass and twigs and the desiccated leaves of last summer’s daylilies were ...

It’s such a joyful springtime sight: American robins hopping around in bright green grass, searching intently for worms and nesting material. Given the happiness these red-breasted birds bring, it’s ...

Having lost their former farm, 20 elderly alpacas have found new homes thanks to an effort spearheaded by Kimber Williams, founder of Robin’s Nest Rescue in Ramona. The rescue provides homes for ...

Jeffery Zhou and Hannah Kang recall being inspired by a class discussion on a book they read in their 11th-grade English class at Lubbock High School. That book, the "Short and Tragic Life of Robert ...

As winter approaches, we're on the lookout for splashes of colour, often found in the form of a tiny robin's red breast in our gardens. However, these charming garden birds are quite particular about ...