Robins summer over most of North America.  Robins can be found along forest borders, in orchards, gardens, parks and yards.   

Robins are insectivores.  They run over the ground searching for earthworms and also eat beetles, weevils, grasshoppers, ants, termites, cutworms, caterpillars, butterflies and moths.  They enjoy fruits such as bayberries, grapes, mistletoe berries, chokecherries and more. 

When a male and female have paired, they begin to build the nest. It is a neat, deep cup made of mud and grasses and lined with fine grasses.  A pair will build a nest 1.5 to 6 metres (5 to 20 feet) off the ground.  The first nest will usually be built in the fork or crotch of an evergreen for shelter from rain.  The second nesting later on in the season will result in a nest being built in deciduous trees.  

Some robins have nested on rail fences, roof gutters, porch gables and fire escapes. Robins nests contain more mud when the birds have had to build with short grasses or straws.  When they have to build in a windy environment, they use more flexible rootlets.  When they nest in a cool climate, they use more moss to build their nests.  The female generally lays four blue eggs which she incubates almost entirely on her own.  The eggs hatch at between 12 and 14 days.  The young are altricial.  They are born without feathers and with their eyes closed.  Their parents feed them in the nest until they are ready to leave it at 14 to 16 days of age.  Baby robins cannot fly for the first few days after they jump from the nest.  Their parents lead them to low shrubs and trees and they gradually learn to climb and jump.  Within a day or two their wings grow stronger and they begin to take short flights.  Their parents feed them until they have learned to feed themselves.  When the young are independent, the parents will usually nest again.