why are robins not scared of humans like other birds?

Answer 1

have you heard the poem "Who killed **** Robin?".
They are very courageous birds

Answer 2

I raised a few fledgling robins successfully , and i have been chastised for doing so, but I believe saving them from the 40 or so neighbor ladys cats was worth it. I have one that lives with me and my budgie. They can live in harmony with other birds no matter what you may have been told...so long as they are raised together and given ample space. Robins are very curious birds and attach themselves to humans rather easy. I believe its because most people keep their properties manicured which provides easy foraging for worms and insects...and believe me when i say they watch us closer than you realise. Robins in the wild only stand a 40 % chance of surviving on their own with only 25% of those able to reproduce. Only 1% of robins raised in captivity survive and to my knowledge there are only 3 women registered in the US that has the ability to raise them. I know first hand the time and dedication it takes to make sure what size worms to feed them, how many worms per feeding, how many feedings per hour from the time they wake till the time they roost. My robin has the run of the house and has the most interesting personality that you could ever have chance to experience, they are extremely intelligent, more curious than any cat, they become dependant to the point of where they will litteraly fly to where you are at 5 in the morning and give you that Cheer UP Cheer UP call of the robin. I am to the point now where i can tell what robins are feeling by the calls and chirps they make.

Answer 3

Maybe it seems like they are not scared because they forage on the ground and you are more likely to see them when they are near you. You might not notice other birds foraging in trees, even if they are right above your head. Because people are on the ground and the robin gets a lot of it's food on the ground...they have to share that area with people, so you probably see them close to humans all the time. If you approached it too closely it would still try and get away from you, they may wait til the last minute to fly away as they do not want to exert energy getting away until they know they are in danger.

Answer 4

Robins unlike the Georgia Thrasher are not hunted upon as much by the Eagle or Hawk. Robins have nice tender breasts plates that Hawk and Owls just adore...their tender and juicy meat....so the Robin is most likely to be softer and not on its' tippy toes to hop and fly when humans are around.
I seen a Owl attack a Georgia Crane ands the scream was horrible.
I also seen a Gerogia Crane get attacked and killed by a Catfish in the Chattahoochee River. The Crane's feet were slightly suspended under the water ona log and the Catfish came up at grabbed his foot and dragged him down under the water and all we saw was feathers floating up to the surface. I kid you not, Catfish in Georgia...in the Chattahoochee are big enough to swallow a Man/.

Answer 5

in case you advise the North American robin, that's a thrush, truthfully. the eu robin is a thoroughly distinctive poultry, and customarily is amazingly careful. the yank robin has positively adapted to the human presence over the years - we grant it with marvelous foraging factors, and few people pose a risk to robins. they have for this reason no reason to react to human presences with alarm. those robins that did not startle in accordance with human interest would have carried out better reproductively (much less capability lost to flight responses, greater foraging finished, nests risk-free against predators by ability of proximity to people, and so on.), and their "fearlessness" would desire to then have been surpassed directly to succeeding generations.

Answer 6

Robins have few natural predators - humans tend to feed and protect Robins because of their pleasing aethetics.

Answer 7

They won't let you get too close but, despite their size, they are feisty little customers. They are also quite intelligent (the latest research suggests that birds brains are "wired" differently to ours, which gives them more processing power for their size) and have learned to associate humans - esp. gardeners - with disturbed soil and a possible free meal. It always amazes me that such a territorial creature is so associated with the season of "peace and goodwill".

Answer 8

Cos they think they are parrots, with their red brests. I have a couple of robins that actually take bread from my hand. So cute. Brave little souls! LOL!

Answer 9

really, sometimes they come into my garden and do fly away, is there a reason then , would love to know. i had blackbirds in my garden this summer and every day they came for their feed, and every day they came back, do you think they will come back next year? would love to know

Answer 10

lots of them are at least the ones around me are. maybe the one you saw is sick or something that will make them not care