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How Long Does a Robin Live?

Nov 18, 20232 min
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Episode description

If a young American Robin survives its first winter, its chances of survival go up. But robins still don’t live very long. The oldest robins in your yard might be about three years old (although thanks to banding, we know of one bird that lived to be almost 14).

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