To many, seeing a robin is an early sign of spring. (Is that true? We break down the facts — and myths — behind the “first robin of spring.”) As a result, some people believe that the robin bird ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

Famously dubbed the "gardener's friend", robins will happily shadow us as we dig in our gardens, darting in to snatch up worms and larvae exposed by the turning soil. But this behaviour wasn't learned ...