Sweden's "Robins"

Sweden, as well as other Scandinavian and European countries, has birds that behave like robins in the US. One, the koltrast, has already been noted in a previous post about birds. Koltrast are the blackbirds in the English song

 "Sing A Song Of Sixpence" 
Four and Twenty Blackbirds. 
Baked in a Pie. 

Here is that bird. It is sometimes called "Sweden's National Bird" because of its melodious song.




Today I got some nice pictures of another "Swedish Robin", known as björktrast (birch thrush). Both koltrast and björktrast are common lawn birds. Björktrast are also known as "the trast that cannot sing"...even though it is often noisy in much the same way as American Robins, it is not nearly as good a singer as other thrushes.

 Being that time of year, there were numerous hungry youngsters. Here is a nice picture of one that just got a yummy worm to eat.

Still issing from my photo collection are the Dubbeltrast and the Taltrast (spruce trast), both primarily forest birds. Dubbeltrast is largest. Taltrast is known for its ability and habit of mimicking other birds. We have heard many Taltrast but seen none.