tilting for worms

Oh my gosh! I just confirmed the coolest thing today.

So at work this week I’ve been watching the robins outside my window. As most people know, robins aren’t like many other birds in that they will not sit at a bird feeder and eat seed. No, they like a challenge each day so they hunt worms on the ground.

As I was watching them I noticed that they kept tilting their heads toward the ground. It looked as if the robins were listening for the worms. Well! After looking it up, indeed the robins are using their hearing to find worms. How cool is that?

Next time you see a robin looking for worms check to see if it tilts its head toward the ground.