| 单词 | robin |
| 例句 | “But what’s the good of a blue tit or a robin to us? They don’t fly any distance. We need a big bird.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The robins and wood thrushes and other small birds that navigated by the stars at night fluttered down into the trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Men all in a panic of fear; sent a round robin, asking to have double watch, as they fear to be alone. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They went slowly along the foot of the bank, pushing in and out of the clumps of red campion and ragged robin. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Once a bird flew into his door—one of the robins during the time there was a plague of them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The fragments of the glass marbles that she saw looked like the remains of eggshells one finds beneath trees in springtime: like empty, broken robin’s eggs, or even more delicate—wren’s eggs, perhaps. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Everybody remembered the plague of robins that announced her return, and the tale about her watching Hannah bum was stirred up again. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It is the story of the robin, the bird known to everyone. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Osh, waiting above in the skiff, grabbed the rope and hauled me aboard where I gasped and kicked like a sea robin on a hook. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z This was quite by chance, for at that time no one suspected that the robins were in danger. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Dr. Philip Butler of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries has pointed out an ominous parallel in that we may find ourselves in the same situation as the robins. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He just turned eleven, and his name is the light blue of a robin’s egg. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I suppose I should clean the kitchen and vacuum, but the windows are open and robins sing on the front lawn, where a pile of mulch with my name on it is waiting. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z At night Pacheco set the bowl under a light bulb so the robin would stay warm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A robin swooped into the tree and began screeching and fluttering around Roz. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Who ever heard of a robin moving her eggs every week to a new tree? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Paper ducks; paper robins; paper swallows; paper doves. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was a splendid fall; the leaves kept their bright burnt color well into November, and the sky turned a pale but pretty blue, like a robin’s egg. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, madam. The robin was perky today. He sang quite a trill against one of the blackbirds who was greedy.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He sees it in the mallard ducks that bob, bottoms up, in the Alster lake and in the return of the robin. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Barker’s work, published in 1958, traced the intricate cycle of events by which the robins’ fate is linked to the elm trees by way of the earthworms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I draw a picture of Ms. Keen as a robin. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z At Eva’s house there were four dead robins on the walk. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It is only reasonable to suppose that all birds and mammals heavily dependent on earthworms or other soil organisms for food are threatened by the robins’ fate. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They did not hop, like sparrows or robins, but they walked, one pink foot in front of the other, just like people. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z In spring, the meadows burst into galaxies of yellow-mustard flowers, and robins and thrashers sing in stands of tulip trees and white ash. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Plague and drought were as “natural” as springtime; If milk could curdle, God knows robins could fall. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Part of this failure to produce young is due, of course, to the fact that one or more of a pair of robins dies before the nesting cycle is completed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This suggestion is strongly supported by recent studies by Dr. Wallace and a graduate student, Richard F. Bernard, who found high concentrations of DDT in robins on the Michigan State University campus. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The robin continued screeching and fluttering, and then—splat—she splattered her droppings across the robot’s face. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The light was warm, promising more temperate weather in the near future, but even the sight of robins scrabbling for worms couldn’t brighten Ophie’s mood. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Why did the robins and the eaglets not hatch? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Other eggs were taken from nests left unattended as parent robins were stricken with poison; these too contained DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There were no insects singing, there were no catbirds, or orioles, or vireos, or robins. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And Con could not remember if he had ever seen a sky so blue: robin’s egg blue, smooth as glossy porcelain, untouched by clouds. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Some he knew, some he didn’t He saw a robin, and some kind of sparrows, and a flock of reddish orange birds with thick beaks. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought news, carried gossip, and was the round robin messenger of the family. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Some robins landed on the small lawn beyond the shallow end, hunting for evening worms. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She is here, in the heart of a robin. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A robin, I saw, a woodpecker, a magpie, a blackbird, and far off I think I heard a nightingale, though I’m not sure you get them in January. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z A robin sang from a nearby branch into the disapproving silence of the abbey. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In the spring the robins return to provide another link in the cycle. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Above the trees, the enormous sky was the clear blue of robins’ eggs. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “What do you think you are, cousin,” Sparky teased gently, “a robin?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And earthworms are the principal food of robins in the spring. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z While I paused to cry and my math teacher passed me a box of tissues — do all the kids crack like robins’ eggs when they get hauled in here? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But Aunt May gardened, and when she said it your mind would see some lovely person in a yellow-flowered hat snipping soft pink roses, little robins landing on her shoulders. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Several facts suggested that the robins were being poisoned, not so much by direct contact with the insecticides as indirectly, by eating earthworms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A robin landed on the earth and overturned leaves, searching for chubby bugs. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Or the way the whole feeling of spring can be in one robin on a fence post. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z That robin got so tame he would come and take crumbs from my bed, because I left the window open, even when it was very cold. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, while his morning coffee perked, he dangled worms into the robin’s open beak. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dead and dying robins began to appear on the campus. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z To millions of Americans, the season’s first robin means that the grip of winter is broken. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A robin on a low branch twittered a phrase and listened for another that answered him from beyond the farmhouse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The speaker was a man in his forties, whose dæmon was a bedraggled-looking robin. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Like the robin, another American bird seems to be on the verge of extinction. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His dæmon, a robin, stayed on his shoulder and said little. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A key piece in the jigsaw puzzle of the doomed robins was soon to be supplied by Dr. Roy Barker of the Illinois Natural History Survey at Urbana. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Professor Joseph Hickey and his students at the University of Wisconsin, after careful comparative studies of sprayed and unsprayed areas, reported the robin mortality to be at least 86 to 88 per cent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A small flock of robins swooped out of the maple trees. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do not understand you, robin,” said the robot. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When Mr. Mehner began work for the doctorate in 1954, he chose a research project that had to do with robin populations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My sagging bed with its carving of a robin in the headboard. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z A few robins, starlings, and blackbirds were still scavenging. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was loaded with bullets the size of robins’ eggs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Not all robins receive a lethal dose, but another consequence may lead to the extinction of their kind as surely as fatal poisoning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The bird was about the size of a small robin, and from inside the gold cage it seemed to glow. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z They painted it white with robin’s egg trim, just like a white person’s house his mother had seen once. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “The campus is serving as a graveyard for most of the robins that attempt to take up residence in the spring,” said Dr. Wallace. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The sprayed area had become a lethal trap in which each wave of migrating robins would be eliminated in about a week. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I had forgotten that this existed, this smell which instead of the first robin, or the first bud or leaf, means to me that spring has come. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Dead earthworms had been seen in numbers after a gentle rain; probably the robins had fed on the poisoned worms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Helmuth crosses to the window, pretends to watch a robin hopping about in the courtyard. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z It was the size of a robin’s egg, and Bod stared into the stone wondering if there were things moving in its heart, his eyes and soul deep in the crimson world. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Look at her. She has that southward concentration of migrating birds. I’ve seen it in robins and blackbirds.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A robin landed on the holly bush, as if posing for a Christmas card. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It looked like a robin that had rolled around in jewel-tinged paint. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z His hair in the sunlight was the rusty red of a robin’s breast. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z With nothing much better to do when not out tracking down his pig, Pacheco had all the attention in the world to lavish on the robin. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Pretty ladies kept robins and sparrows for pets, or tried very hard to teach their magpies to talk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Accompanied by a plague of robins, Sula came back to Medallion. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The robin sings flexible songs, containing a variety of motifs that he rearranges to his liking; the notes in each motif constitute the syntax, and the possibilities for variation produce a considerable repertoire. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees beat their budding branches at me, the new grass screamed green, the robins howled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was a good day for the robins. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z There are now only two or three dozen robins to be found each spring on the entire 185-acre campus of Michigan State University, compared with a conservatively estimated 370 adults in this area before spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And like the grebes, the pheasants, the quail, and the robins, they are less and less able to produce young and to preserve the continuity of their race. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The following spring the migrating robins began to return to the campus as usual. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I was the plain robin among them, longing for freedom and unable to sing for the bars around me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A robin—the little British bird with a red breast, not the big American robin—came to my windowsill one winter while I was sick in bed. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z And he whistled happy as a robin as he went to his own room, and he sat up for an hour more writin’ letters and tearin’ ’em up and writin’ again. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “But there are many kinds of trees ... We must save our birds, too. Can anyone imagine anything so cheerless and dreary as a springtime without a robin’s song?” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He was just scraping his bowl, and Sammy was holding up his face like a robin waiting for a worm, when Lizza came in. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A flicker crossed the corner of his vision, and his right hand darted up at once, and he found he was clutching a robin, a dæmon, red-breasted, panicking. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood trembling at the curb, watching and half expecting to see the man leap from the door to follow me, whistling the old forgotten jingle about a bare-rumped robin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And as the number of migrants grows and the first mists of green appear in the woodlands, thousands of people listen for the first dawn chorus of the robins throbbing in the early morning light. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She had subdued her natural wish to change into something that could bite and threaten, and remained a robin. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z For each of us, as for the robin in Michigan or the salmon in the Miramichi, this is a problem of ecology, of interrelationships, of interdependence. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In the small town of Donovan the robins had been wiped out, as had the grackles, starlings, and brown thrashers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “The point is, why did he say that?” said Asta, who’d been following all this closely as a robin, her head turning sharply from one to the other. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She can still remember when the robin helps Mary Lennox find the key to the gate. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “How about I crack your skull open like a robin’s egg?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Aunt Heidi’s still outside the door, her face the color of a robin’s chest. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z So I stood and listened, just for a minute, like a hungry robin listening for worms. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z As few as 11 large earthworms can transfer a lethal dose of DDT to a robin. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In Michigan, eggs taken from the oviducts of robins dead of DDT poisoning showed concentrations up to 200 parts per million. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Instead, Frith sent them strange singers, beautiful and sick like oak apples, like robins’ pincushions on the wild rose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The robins, he reminds us, did not die as a direct result of the spraying of DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A robin sat on a blossoming apple tree and sang continuously. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z As an adult, when she finally submits to Nino’s courtship, they peck each other innocently on the cheek and forehead, like two curious robins. “Amélie” Arrives on Broadway 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z With its lyrics exalting “robins in spring,” “catching the ring,” “rainbows blending” and “peaches and cream,” it reeks of desperation. | 'Happythankyoumoreplease': Singles, City and Child 2011-03-03T23:35:39Z The day before his death, Thoreau was visited by an old friend, who mentioned that he’d heard robins singing on his way there. On Thoreau’s 200th Birthday, a New Biography Pictures Him as a Man of Principle 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z To her surprise, the richness of the natural world keeps imposing itself — recall that vivid little robin. A Lucid, Literary Illustration of the Complex, Beautiful Work of Memory 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The Beach Boy's 1963 album Little Deuce Coupe featured a robins'-egg blue 1932 Ford coupe on the cover of the entire album, and thereafter the Ford was referred to simply as a "deuce." Glossary: Automotive Terminology 2010-07-23T16:00:00Z Sixteen top pairs played a round robin of eight-board matches scored by international match points. Bridge: For 7-Level Contract in Russia, 7 Trumps Prove Sufficient 2010-02-27T01:00:00Z The Attire The groom’s father died this past April; a robin had been making frequent visits outside his window. Finding Common Ground in the South, San Francisco and South India 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z He’s able to fashion his clay into robin’s eggs that look tasty enough for a raccoon to eat. ‘Sea Change’ and allusions to climate change among artworks at local galleries in January 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Here the wake robin trillium is of the white rather than the more common red form, and because of the cool spring it bloomed this year with its showy friend, the Virginia bluebell. What you can learn from a walk through the woods 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The 145 open teams were split into 16 groups, each playing a round robin of 16-board matches. Bridge: Don?t Put on Lead the Defender Who?ll Find the Unwanted Shift 2010-10-08T21:29:00Z It may seem like winter will never relax its grip, but like robins as harbingers of spring, the 2018 rosés are landing on our retail shelves. At just $11, this Portuguese rosé is your shortcut to spring 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z A round robin eliminated one, and the other two played a 96-board match to determine the American entry in the World Youth Teams Championships. Bridge: The Women’s Under-26 Trial for World Youth Teams 2014-01-22T22:36:27Z He said: “Yeah, the ‘eyes bluer than robins’ eggs.’ How Judas Priest turned Joan Baez’s ‘Diamonds & Rust’ into a ‘metal monster’ 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Other creatures may join the free-for-all, including robins, doves, squirrels and chipmunks. Perspective | Blueberries are good for you. Don’t be afraid to grow them. 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z When I was 12 years old I watched with a visceral feeling of sadness the slow, agonizing death of a little robin. “The pigs were glowing deep gold”: The amazing experience that ended my life as a pig farmer 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Visitors may see hummingbirds and warblers, as well as year-round residents like robins, mourning doves and Northern mockingbirds. Go Fish! Festival Casts a Wide Net for Young New Yorkers 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z At 1 p.m., they will lead a family workshop in the robin dance from the Iroquois Nation, and, if there’s time, in the Kiowa round dance as well. For Children Listings for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z She finds a key and a robin shows her the door to his secret garden. Ten of the best: walled gardens 2011-01-29T00:06:17Z The sun broke through and reflected off the new snow on a nearby peak, evoking the image of a freshly painted New England church steeple against a robin’s egg blue sky. Skiing Town to Town in a Magical Corner of Vermont 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z In it, four foreign teams joined eight Chinese teams to play a round robin of 16-board matches. Bridge: In a Chinese Tournament, the Visitors Lead the Way 2011-09-23T22:07:38Z The resident vocal ensemble, including robins, catbirds, thrushes and sparrows, was already in full-throated song when the audience settled on the grass in an orchard dotted with cherry and nectarine trees. Variety and Verve at Make Music New York 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z In the Washington area, fledgling robins and cardinals hide on the ground near their nest while they learn to fly. Does that baby bird on the ground need your help? 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z There's a robin's nest in the arbor vitae next to the house, with three larger, shinier blue eggs inside, and we take our chances. A Mother’s Day scream into the void 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z They played a round robin of 10-board matches, with eight teams from each group qualifying for the knockout stage. Bridge: Don?t Put on Lead the Defender Who?ll Find the Unwanted Shift 2010-10-08T21:29:00Z Each episode was an encounter between two characters, one of whom went on to encounter another character in the next episode, a kind of dramatic round robin that all tied together in the end. 'Full Circle's' in a sticky situation with Chicago cops 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z As it ate, it was no more perturbed by my presence than by the sudden appearance of a robin alighting on a nearby rock. Explore one of the most remote regions in the continental U.S., Washington’s Olympic National Park 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z In the open series 34 teams were divided into two sections and played a full round robin. Bridge: Bridge — Open Series at European Championships in Dublin 2012-06-20T21:28:14Z On this second, sweltering day of the seminar, Dr. Weiss, a 65-year-old Florida resident with a hawk-like visage and placid blue eyes, was wearing a polo shirt the color of robins’ eggs. Remembrances of Lives Past 2010-08-27T20:58:00Z The women’s and senior events are single round robins of 19 matches. Bridge: Bridge — Open Series at European Championships in Dublin 2012-06-20T21:28:14Z Fourteen teams from 10 countries competed in a round robin of 16-board matches. Bridge: Routine Overcall Proves Unexpectedly Costly 2010-08-27T21:33:00Z In “Sula,” the main character is such an upsetting heroine that her return to a town in a poor black part of Ohio is “accompanied by a plague of robins.” ‘How We Weep for Our Beloved’: Writers and Thinkers Remember Toni Morrison 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Besides cardinals, other birds that don’t migrate during winter include chickadees, owls and some woodpeckers and robins. How do birds survive cold winters? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z And then the sound of a robin chirping comes from the kitchen, where there’s a clock with birds on the face instead of numbers. What is it like to be the brother of Robert Kennedy’s assassin? The life of the other Sirhan. 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z I watch the bare ground for signs of life with all the pride and anticipation of a robin incubating her clutch. Perspective | I long rejected the hydrangea as dull. But I’ve turned over a new leaf. 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z She wrote it on a tear: “As I remember your eyes / Were bluer than robin’s eggs / My poetry was lousy you said.” Listening to her older records, Joan Baez hears perfection in an ‘unsurpassable’ voice 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z All of us rushed in expectantly, sniffing the delicious "new car" smell from the pristine leather seats, fussing around and acclimatising ourselves, like baby robins turning round and round in the nest. Peter Bradshaw on film critics' favourite seats 2013-01-13T19:00:01Z The opportunity to dream up and write down a new directive, add it to the “Task Pool” and then take another piece of paper in an endless, bustling round robin. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 5-11 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z A robin's breast, a berry bright,is dimmed by falling night,could starlight melt a frozen heart,a baby make all right? Carols for Christmas 2010-12-18T00:07:31Z It is “the flowers in spring” and “the robins that sing,” not the toys he flung around the room in a fit of temper. Music Review: Delights Alongside Dark Notes 2011-06-02T22:05:21Z And when he hears a robin sing in autumn, it is "like an electric shock going through my whole system". A Hundred Doors by Michael Longley 2011-03-20T00:02:02Z Dressed in loose jeans, sneakers, a white wife beater and a wig of long, robin’s egg blue hair, she breathlessly explains she just cannot stand to talk to another journalist in this apartment. In her debut memoir, notorious writer Cat Marnell apologizes for nothing 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Service was about to begin, and I was running down the menu, reminding myself what was on offer as the line formed outside the robin’s egg blue truck. Are food trucks the future? Fighting food insecurity and gentrification one stop at a time 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z A blackboard in the airy white storefront lists local fish like hake, porgy, flounder and sea robin. Michael Chernow Focuses on Fish at Seamore’s 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z He’s talking about engagement and beyond, but he might as well be describing the act of watching this grating round robin of connubial dysfunction and romantic disappointment. Movie Review: ‘Certainty,’ by Mike O’Malley, Directed by Peter Askin 2012-11-30T05:43:01Z The first lady, painted against a robin’s egg blue background, rests her chin on one hand and stares at the viewer with a curious mix of confidence and vulnerability in a canvas by Amy Sherald. Review | The Obamas’ portraits are not what you’d expect, and that’s why they’re great 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z The slender slip of an isle is dotted with one- and two-story homes, mostly painted in demure natural colors: windswept sand, dusky gray, pale robin’s egg blue. On Virginia’s Chincoteague Island — all this and ponies, too 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps not coincidentally the art is the same robin’s egg blue as the jeweler’s bags. The Return of the Shadowman 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z He used to have a pet robin who would come to the edge of his makeshift tent each morning in search of biscuits. Britain's hidden homeless and the death of Michelle Conroy 2013-01-20T08:00:00Z Those on the Audubon tour saw sunbathing sparrows, robins and starlings, as the guides told anecdotes about the importance of various birds to artists over the centuries. At Mostly Mozart, a Menagerie of Bird-Related Works 2012-08-03T18:26:47Z Fresh artichokes are at their best in spring, so as soon as the first robin hops across my front lawn, I'm steaming, frying, and braising the 'chokes as often as I can. 31 green food ideas for your St. Patrick’s Day festivities 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Catbirds are fairly tame and like robins will join you in the garden, especially if you are digging up grubs and worms. One of a gardener’s greatest joys: The return of birds during nesting season 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z After a round robin and semifinals, two teams played 48 boards to select USA-1. Bridge: Trials for World Youth Teams Championships in Bridge 2014-01-17T23:33:17Z An official announcement will be made on Friday that Aardman is shooting Robin Robin, a family film about a baby robin redbreast that goes missing. A grand way out: Wallace & Gromit makers ditch BBC for Netflix film 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Just a brass band and a robin made out of bulbs. The 10 best Blue Peter clips 2012-05-16T15:46:12Z The same went for flowers, although he claimed he could “almost be counted on to tell the difference between a daffodil and a robin.” Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z A Barnes & Noble recently opened in California with cerulean walls, and an experiment in robin’s egg blue is in the works for some East Coast locations. Barnes & Noble Sets Itself Free 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Everything is robin's egg blue, and there are pots and pans hanging from pegboard on every wall. "The Julia Child Challenge" and the mystique of one of America's most iconic chefs 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z The bird is the size of a robin and the shade of an eggplant, if eggplants were opalescent. At Canyon Ranch, learning to stroll instead of run 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z A bee, butterfly, ladybird, wren and robin all appear on the invite's border to symbolize the beginning of spring and Charles's dedication to sustainability. God Save the King: Here are 6 things we learned from King Charles’ coronation invitation 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z To my surprise, it was a bird, a robin or wren—I’m not sure. My Prison Cell: A Visit from an Outsider 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The restaurant provided a handy field guide to the birds we might see as we ate, from Stellar’s jays to robins. Explore one of the most remote regions in the continental U.S., Washington’s Olympic National Park 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z It seemed too stilted to try and learn how to write a song, to go to round robins and to learn things from other people on how to write a song. Q&A with Joan Baez: Even Taylor Swift thinks she’s cool 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Each bracket contained eight teams ranked by master points, which played a round robin of seven-board matches. Bridge: Saturday Bracketed Swiss Teams in Orlando - Bridge 2012-01-13T23:27:13Z It felt like relying on an arsey robin with one wing to deliver the mail. 'Sick and asphyxiating' – why we live in an age of anxiety 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Yes, you can easily get them year-round but they taste better and look better once the snow has melted and robins are chirping. 16 best spring soup recipes starring the season's brightest and lightest produce 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z It is harder when you have to press pause on your day and start actively searching for a passing robin. ‘No tricks. No mantras. I just want to learn how to do nothing’: my quest to stay still 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z I decided to adopt a team in the Dominican’s winter league, which begins every October, then peaks with a round robin playoff in January. The Lure of Baseball in the Dominican Republic 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z But when that robin's egg blue came in for the cover, it drove the whole thing. Bagels, lox and schmear: Cathy Barrow reveals how to make a whole brunch of deli classics at home 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z The field was then cut to 28 pairs, for a two-board round robin over two sessions on Thursday. Bridge: The Spring North American Championships 2014-03-21T22:20:19Z What once passed for spirited dinner conversation has become, if the guest list includes a high-ranking politician or billionaire, a round robin of escalating encomiums. Sucking up has always been part of Washington culture. In the Trump era, it’s a sport. 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Crows and robins and many other birds pick them up to eat. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Keep toys and bikes out of the street 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z It was cooler on the trails, and the wind rustled the red beech trees, giving me a chill as well as flushing the rifleman birds and South Island robins into the air. New Zealand for Beginners 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Plus footage of Norfolk seals and some evil robins. TV highlights 14/01/2013 2013-01-13T21:00:02Z Having deprived England of the Champions Trophy at Edgbaston, India go into the three-country round robin in the West Indies hoping to pinch another shiny crown off a host nation. TV highlights 02/07/2013 2013-07-02T06:00:21Z In winter, robins often land in my back garden. ‘No tricks. No mantras. I just want to learn how to do nothing’: my quest to stay still 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The mother robin, who flies off with an angry twitter when my husband stands on tiptoe to peek into the nest, has shuffled the arrangement of the eggs. A Mother’s Day scream into the void 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Douglas was a performer as early as kindergarten, when he recited a poem about the red robin of spring. Kirk Douglas rose from poverty to become a king of Hollywood 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z There is an initial round robin, followed by knockout matches. Bridge: Bridge — Second World Mind Sports Games in Lille, France 2012-08-08T22:45:43Z Here’s an excellent bubbly to greet spring weather and the welcome return of robins and rosés. These 3 delicious wines are kosher for Passover and start at $12 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z SAT 4x4 round robin tournament, prizes, giveaways, food, music, benefiting Street Soccer Seattle nonprofit organization to assist the homeless, 10 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-05-22T21:47:05Z “Here was a bird like the robin, that everybody knew, and within a generation or two it was gone — and we were its cause, “ Duke University ecologist Stuart Pimm said. Martha the passenger pigeon shows how birds disappear Sago Mini Forest Flyer features a bird named robin, who kids guide through the forest finding other characters and animations along the way. 20 best iPhone and iPad apps this week 2013-05-24T14:21:06Z A robin, he explains, is "the brown, red-breasted bird who would suddenly and unaccountably show up in your backyard one morning, hopping around on the grass and digging for worms". Winter Journal by Paul Auster – review 2012-08-15T10:00:02Z When Dern was 18, Lynch cast her in his twisted suburban nightmare, “Blue Velvet,” as the almost painfully innocent Sandy, who dreams of robins in a world gone to hell. Laura Dern is at the peak of her powers 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The second day was a two-board round robin over two sessions. Bridge: The Spring North American Championships 2014-03-21T22:20:19Z Then start your turkey feast with a quick round robin of charitable reports. Social Q’s: What Not to Talk About at Thanksgiving 2012-11-16T18:12:07Z This is not for lack of narrative skill; in one section, O’Keane evokes a robin in her backyard with a vividness that would shame a good many novelists I’ve encountered this year. A Lucid, Literary Illustration of the Complex, Beautiful Work of Memory 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s like spotting a robin to herald the end of winter. Before the summer rush, a spring road trip through Alaska is just as beautiful 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The 12 most successful Dutch pairs over the past 12 months were invited to compete in a round robin of — wrong! — eight-board matches. Bridge: The Best of the Netherlands 2010-09-05T21:49:00Z Mr. Bird has a dry style; watching him compose a book is like watching a robin build a nest. Kai Bird’s ‘The Good Spy’ Portrays Robert Ames 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z In “How to Move,” for example, he considers his father’s amputated leg and a robin dying in the driveway. Rita Dove’s essential new ‘Collected Poems: 1974-2004’ 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z In another adaptation, the robin may have turned to land disturbed by humans, following the demise of the wild boar, a notoriously messy eater. Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding by George Monbiot – review 2013-05-24T06:30:12Z He helped his team to win the qualifying round robin by gaining a slam swing in the diagramed deal. Bridge: Slam Swing at a Qualifier for Grand National Teams 2014-02-19T21:49:15Z The tree does not sigh for the elephant, the robin does not fret for the boar; they are not made melancholy or sleepless by the pastness of the past. Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding by George Monbiot – review 2013-05-24T06:30:12Z You’ll want to bring binoculars, which will help you spot ospreys, warblers and tanagers, as well as longer-term residents like robins, finches and chickadees. Keeping a Distance, From Everything but Nature 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z In the dead of winter, the robins provided their own form of vital entertainment but also a sense that nothing is static in the garden, that one season is always foreshadowing the next. Perspective | Bird populations have crashed. Here’s what you can do to help. 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z One morning there was a special: sashimi of sea robin. At Okonomi, Don’t Look for French Toast 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Daffodil shows move up the Mid-Atlantic like flocks of robins in spring. A reason to be thankful for a late spring? The daffodil explosion. 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z We hurriedly pitched our tent, waving away the marauders while spindly legged, white-bellied South Island robins investigated our work. Mountains? Rain forests? Fjords? New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park has them all. 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z For the city’s restaurants, tourists are harbingers of spring, as reliable as red-breasted robins. With cherry blossoms, may we recommend a nice vinho verde? 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z She pulls this off primarily in five shows-within-the-show — historical parentheses that frame her contemporary selections, each set off from the main flow via colored walls of dusty pink or robin’s egg blue. Looking Inward, and Back, at a Biennale for the History Books 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z There were three round robins of 12-board matches among England, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Bridge: England Takes the Peggy Bayer Trophy 2014-03-12T21:18:48Z She gets closer and closer to the garden before, with the help of a robin, she discovering the key. The Secret Garden's hidden depths 2011-08-05T11:42:29Z I heard the song of a robin perched on the branches of the trees. 'I'm Carmen. Nice to meet you again': why I faced my rapist in prison 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The VNL is a new event in the volleyball calendar where 16 countries play each other in a round robin format to become champions. DJ duo NERVO to enhance volleyball fan experience 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z His three siblings dismissed the possessions — worn silver dollars, mail-ordered precious stones, a gold Cross pen, four gold-painted robin eggs — as worthless, "evidence of his distorted view of the world." A legacy of 400 pulp porno novels: Chris Offutt's revealing 'My Father, the Pornographer' 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z It was a round robin with a bunch of journalists and I was in costume because we were shooting. What would Kim Wexler wear? Rhea Seehorn on her iconic ponytail, Marshall’s separates and class 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z The San Diego Opera and Metropolitan Opera are playing a fine game of tenor round robin, as in Heppner to Lehman to Morris. ArtsBeat Blog: Opera Houses Play a Game of Tenor Round Robin 2011-10-28T17:51:18Z At its top, they happened upon an old fieldstone house with robin’s egg blue shutters, a covered porch and an ancient-looking sycamore shading its back lawn. A Home That Makes Time Travelers of Its Inhabitants 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z “The . . . Washington . . . Post,” he mutters absent-mindedly, as if calculating where he is in the tedious but necessary round robin of back-to-back interviews that is the modern movie media tour. Mel Gibson proves a tad touchy on his ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ comeback tour 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Not long ago, the remote beach at Fort Tilden, a former military base along the peninsula’s western side, hosted scattered picnickers, gay nudists and Russian fishermen reeling in spiny sea robins. Taking the a Train to Summer 2011-06-15T21:30:41Z They led the round robin with 75.9 percent of the victory points, nearly two matches clear. Bridge: SportAccord World Mind Games Championship - Bridge 2011-12-14T22:58:34Z They are playing a round robin of 16-board matches to qualify eight teams for the knockout stage, which begins on Sunday. Bridge: World Team Championships Start in Netherlands - Bridge 2011-10-16T22:54:46Z Save for a robin dashing from the shadow of one red maple to another, it was very still. Without Music, Tanglewood Is Empty, Eerie and Beautiful 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z At moments, I couldn’t tell: Was that a fluttering from Messiaen or a fluttering from the robins? Listening to Music in the Desert at Dawn 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z While Rublev was virtually eliminated after losing both of his opening matches, Alcaraz boosted his chances of advancing from the round robin stage at the season-ending event for the year’s top eight players. Rublev bloodies himself with his racket in frustration during loss to Alcaraz at ATP Finals 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Alcaraz can still hope to advance from the round robin format, with the top two finishers in each four-man group reaching the semifinals. Carlos Alcaraz loses to Alexander Zverev 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4 in his debut at the ATP Finals 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z This top-10 matchup is part of the three-team round robin that will decide the East champion, assuming there are no upsets. What to watch: Georgia, Alabama can clinch spots in SEC title game, No. 2 Michigan at No. 9 Penn St 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Spiny-finned sea robin, blackfish and wayward angelfish swim in the murky ocean tinted green by sheets of algae. In New York City, scuba divers’ passion for the sport becomes a mission to collect undersea litter 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z At first, the usual suspects for my neighborhood outside of Boston popped up: robins and blue jays, ubiquitous throughout the Eastern U.S. and easily recognizable. Who’s that singing? As fall migration arrives, apps that ID birds by sound have taken off 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z England won silver at the 1975 World Cup, but that tournament was played as a round robin, meaning they did not play in a final. England expects as Roses reach World Cup final 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z He argues that anyone can learn to take notice anywhere — from backyards to concrete canyons — starting with something as simple as finally recognizing the enchanting flute-like triplet notes of the common robin. These 8 books will help soothe your climate anxiety by focusing on the little things 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Shows a robin clutch size as an example of stabilizing selection. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Simultaneously, a detrital food web can contribute energy to a grazing food web, as when a robin eats an earthworm. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Lighthearted romance and romps in the gilded bed still play starring roles and the prequel offers plenty of splendid scenery — including robin egg blue carriages, velvety red curtains and exquisite gowns of all shades. Review: Believe the talk of the ton: 'Queen Charlotte' rules in this 'Bridgerton' prequel 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z They’re singing earlier in the morning — or I’m noticing them earlier — and gangs of robins are strutting across lawns like little Mussolinis. Perspective | An English gardening show makes me think of spring — and haiku 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Readers shared that spotting migratory robins is a sure sign of the season to come. Our favorite reader-submitted Seattle-area spring haikus 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z During the day, pale thrushes and Ryukyu robins visited the bright red fruits, but the birds tended to consume only a little bit of fruit at a time. How Rare Island Bunnies Do a Parasitic Plant’s Bidding 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z "Pot monkeys' scrotums are a beautiful robin's egg blue color," Wilson told Salon. Scientists still don't know why we have pubic hair 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z The 2021-22 Class 5 runner-up is the final undefeated team in Northern Virginia after sweeping its three games at Oakton’s holiday round robin. Girls’ basketball Top 20: Woodgrove, Holy Child and Gainesville enter 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z The partly abstracted scenes occasionally harbor animals, including a robin who’s the brightest thing in Williams’s woods. Review | In the galleries: Finding beauty inside and outside the garden walls 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z He said the “absolutely ginormous” owl had been “divebombed by hawks and robins” and “would look over at them, like, ‘Really? ‘Extremely Rare’ Snowy Owl Sighting Transfixes a California Suburb 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Anyone who has been challenged by a pair of protective robins when approaching a robin’s nest may be surprised to learn that most contain eggs or chicks not fathered by the on-duty male. Check your pace and embrace ‘slow birding,’ a contemplative look at our feathered friends 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Whole choirs of birds, including robins and flycatchers, have settled in the cemetery’s vast canopy. Wild and Wilde: At Celebrity Cemetery, Nature Takes on Starring Role 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z The birds that overwinter here, like chickadees and robins, woodpeckers and quail, are appreciatively called the jewels of the garden — a name that also describes the berries they so flagrantly and delightedly dine on. In the winter garden, these berried treasures feed the birds and the spirit 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Facing a different tournament format in the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association, the Panthers have been hosting team-wide round robins to fill two additional singles spots on the lineup. Oxon Hill volleyball represents for Prince George’s; a defending champ in soccer is disqualified 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z I watched the orange bellies of robins I had never stopped to notice. The joy of a calming Twitter account 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Like robins, flickers are often observed on the ground, hunting for a meal — except that instead of worms, they pursue ants, an abundant and surprisingly calorie-rich food that makes up a majority of their diet. Check your pace and embrace ‘slow birding,’ a contemplative look at our feathered friends 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z He couldn’t help but rejoice that the cemetery’s once enormous cat population, fed by feline fans who left kibble in open vaults, has dwindled, mainly because of sterilization operations, making way for robins. Wild and Wilde: At Celebrity Cemetery, Nature Takes on Starring Role 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z The rest of the room brims with other birds in her care, including robins, baby starlings, wood ducklings, mallards and two owls — an Eastern screech and a barred. Sheida Soleimani’s Art Is for the Birds 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z A sprawling, multilevel structure sports a curved roof painted robin egg blue. Visiting the Marin County Civic Center, Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z For all his braggadocio, Trump’s ego is a robin’s egg attached to a cinder block hanging from a thread above a candle flame. Opinion | Ron DeSantis’s snub of Trump is a 2024 challenge 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z We’ve all seen the little dance of an American robin foraging on the lawn. Check your pace and embrace ‘slow birding,’ a contemplative look at our feathered friends 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z It would stand in a small garden, near a shrub where robins could nest. Wild and Wilde: At Celebrity Cemetery, Nature Takes on Starring Role 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Trump, in 2018, directed that the new jumbo jets shed the iconic Kennedy-era robin’s egg blue and white design for a deeper navy and streak of dark red. Biden nixes Trump design for Air Force One over cost, delay 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z My lovely wife and I are so accustomed to robins, cardinals and sparrows that we hardly ever need to consult the bird identification book we keep on our porch. Perspective | The drama and delight of nature in a suburban yard 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z One of the greatest friends the wrens, robins and chickadees of Washington ever had was the author of a book with the wonderful title “Birds Through an Opera-Glass.” Perspective | Remembering Florence Merriam Bailey, the bird woman of Washington 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The robin homes in on sound, a study by two Canadian scientists confirmed. Check your pace and embrace ‘slow birding,’ a contemplative look at our feathered friends 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z American robin populations are increasing, yet the study shows their average first egg date is later than before, Bates says. Some birds are laying eggs earlier. Scientists are paying attention. 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z In the round robin, they combined to allow one run and strike out 21 in 12 innings. In dominant 9-0 start, Damascus softball sweeps long-awaited round robin 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z The story goes that in the sixth century a young boy called Kentigern saw some other little rascals pelting robins with stones. Review: How Douglas Stuart subverts the Victorian coming-of-age plot 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z New studies of pinyon jays and robins are on hold because researchers don’t want to burden animals with tags whose data may not be retrievable. War halts project to track wildlife from space 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Our next challenge was to get large amounts of highly pure robin Cry4a. How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z In the joint UK-U.S. production, a robin raised by mice clumsily tries to sneak her way to success as one of her stealthy clan. Monstrosity, kooky Christmas, longings and love: The animated shorts of Oscars 2022 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z And just as surely as the first robins, the new rosés are beginning to appear. Wine prices are rising. Here’s how to still find good values. 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z American birds fascinated me: the robin that hunted for earthworms by listening for their tunneling; the blackpoll warbler and its mammoth migration. ‘As the Adjustment Was Being Made, I Tapped the Woman on the Shoulder’ 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z “Russia is super good,” said Madelein Dupont, a curler from Denmark, after her team defeated Russia in a round robin match. As Russian Wins Mount, So Does the Scrutiny 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The robin protein had the largest magnetic sensitivity, hinting that evolution might have optimized robin Cry4a for navigation. How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The United States managed a 5-4 record in the round robin, good for fourth place and a semifinal berth. The U.S. men’s curling team loses to Britain and fails to defend its gold medal. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z In Beijing, Edin has led the Swedish team to a 6-0 record in round robin play, with three matches remaining before the semifinals on Thursday. A Curler Chases Gold, While He Still Can 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z They are 2-3 in the round robin, tied for sixth in the race for four playoff spots. Olympic curling alternates stay ready, in case COVID hits 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Midday: Men’s curling round robin, including Great Britain v Denmark again. Winter Olympics 2022 day nine: giant slalom, biathon and more– live! 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Many questions about the birds’ magnetic compass remain, including whether the magnetic field effects on robin Cry4a observed in vitro also exist in vivo. How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z “You lose the semifinal and that dream ends, you lose the round robin and that dream ends.” The U.S. men’s curling team loses to Britain and fails to defend its gold medal. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Midday: Women’s curling round robin, including GB v USA. Winter Olympics 2022 day eight: biathlon, cross-country skiing and more – live! 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Italy, which went unbeaten in the round robin, and reigning bronze medalist Norway were to play for the gold later Tuesday night. Sweden beats Britain 9-3, wins Olympic mixed curling bronze 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z The top four teams advance to the semifinals Monday night, following the final session of the round robin. Aussies curlers out of Olympics, back in, then win 1st game 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Aristotle thought that some birds such as swallows hibernated in the colder months and that others transformed into different species—redstarts turned into robins for the winter, he proposed. How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Coincidentally, the Aussies’ final game of the round robin was later Sunday against Morris and his new partner, Rachel Homan. Aussies curlers out of Olympics, back in, then win 1st game 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Lots of curling starting now for the men’s round robin. Winter Olympics 2022 day eight: biathlon, cross-country skiing and more – live! 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z After the round robin, the top four teams move into the semifinals. A hug, a wave, a big win for American mixed doubles curlers 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z But I have seen the gangs of robins that frolic in my backyard stream. Perspective | We wanted the calming sound of running water. It turns out birds like it, too. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z The robin has become a symbol of Christmas. Mark Easton's Boxing Day family puzzler 2021 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z On this Monday, some people stick with one opponent, while others do a kind of round robin, connecting with other players as games wrap up. Boosted by interest from ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ Seattle Chess Club draws new and seasoned players 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The poster imitated an official vaccination ad released by the city — it used the same font, layout and even the same shade of robin’s egg blue — but conveyed the opposite message. Anti-vaccination ad mysteriously appears at NYC bus stop 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Residents said habitats for local finches, robins and blackbirds and other wildlife had been lost. Linthorpe Lidl tree felling prompts petition against supermarket 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z By contrast, as soon as you show up in co-housing, you are swept into a round robin of meals and festivities and cleanup days. Opinion | Does Co-Housing Provide a Path to Happiness for Modern Parents? 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Ruth Oliver, an associate research scientist at Yale University, affixed 3½-gram GPS trackers to 55 American robins with nylon “backpacks.” A high-tech, low-cost push to track sharks, rhinos and other species amid climate change 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z However, Scaloni said the change “could bring benefits” by improving the format of South American qualifiers, which currently has a 10-team round robin competition that goes on for two years. Argentina coach Scaloni supports biennial World Cup proposal 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z They focused on 82 relatively common species, like robins and blackbirds. The COVID-19 lockdown was for the birds—in a good way 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Trim painted robin’s egg blue ties a new addition to the rest of the house. Restored log cabin sheds new light on a historical Western Maryland Black community 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Peru and Venezuela, two teams of the bottom of the 10-team round robin group, were playing later Sunday. Uruguay wins, Colombia draws in troubled round of qualifiers 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z A molecule found in the retinas of European robins seems to be able to sense weak magnetic fields, such as that of Earth, after it is exposed to light. The Secret Behind Songbirds’ Magnetic Migratory Sense 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Teams will play round robin, sometimes two games a day, from July 24-27. Let’s hoop! 3×3 basketball is Olympic version of pickup game 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z The robin is a familiar sight in many UK gardens, with most spending the winter in Britain. Clues to how birds migrate using Earth's magnetic field 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with an antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park, Md., then plucks a cicada from the ground for a snack. Smaller, lighter tech makes it easier to track robins, other birds 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The goal is to unravel why some American robins migrate long distances, but others do not. Scientists hail golden age to trace bird migration with tech 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z This shy brown-and-cream bird is related to the American robin; both are thrushes. 10 migrant warblers to listen for now in the Northwest 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z They included robins, which are sold illegally for 3 to 5 euros to restaurants. On the Menu at a Lunch in Italy: Protected Songbirds 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z The European robin is a stalwart of studies into the in-built "living compass" birds may use to orient themselves using the Earth's magnetic field. Clues to how birds migrate using Earth's magnetic field 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z “We’re just going into our round robin of endless openings and closures because of the residual sewage in the river.” California beach shut after Mexico sewage flows north again 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z A second new tag, for only the heaviest robins, includes an accelerometer to provide information about the bird’s movements; future versions may also measure humidity and barometric pressure. Scientists hail golden age to trace bird migration with tech 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Their song is very similar to that of the robin, but sweeter, more lilting and faster in tempo. 10 migrant warblers to listen for now in the Northwest 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z "But I think the DNA of the Six Nations is a round robin where each team plays against each other with a Grand Slam at the end." New Six Nations format set to be one-off 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z But they're heartened by the fact that the molecule is more magnetically-sensitive in robins than in birds such as chickens, that don't migrate. Clues to how birds migrate using Earth's magnetic field 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z If the robin is a bird of spring, why do many of them strut their stuff in winter? Perspective | For the birds, spring is here. But bluebirds may not pay your yard a visit. 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z The American robin is an iconic songbird in North America, its bright chirp a harbinger of spring. Scientists hail golden age to trace bird migration with tech 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z He does think a round robin would force low seeds to prove themselves across a number of games, thus earning admission to the next stage. If the MLB playoffs are expanded, Max Scherzer wants to try a round-robin format 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The American robin is such a common species that it doesn’t get the fawning press that, say, the painted bunting or rufous hummingbird does. Perspective | If the robin is a bird of spring, why do many of them strut their stuff in winter? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z But some robins do migrate, covering more than a hundred miles a night on migrations to warmer climes from Europe, Scandinavia and Russia. Clues to how birds migrate using Earth's magnetic field 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Last spring, robins living on an Illinois tree farm sat on some unusual eggs. How an Eight-Sided ‘Egg’ Ended Up in a Robin’s Nest 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z What factors drive some robins to migrate, while others don’t? Scientists hail golden age to trace bird migration with tech 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z She and her two daughters have bought a wreath and wicker robin to put on Josie's grave - and a new ornament for their Christmas tree. Hawaiian shirts and gravy: Christmas tributes for loved ones lost to Covid 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z I called Farnsworth because I was curious about whether this whole “first robin of spring” thing was a complete sham. Perspective | If the robin is a bird of spring, why do many of them strut their stuff in winter? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z By studying robins, scientists have found clues to how birds sense the Earth's magnetic field. Clues to how birds migrate using Earth's magnetic field 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z It’s not as uncommon as you’d think for robins to find foreign objects in their nests. How an Eight-Sided ‘Egg’ Ended Up in a Robin’s Nest 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Williams hopes more detailed data from satellite tags, combined with records of nesting success, will provide insights, and she’s working with partners who are tagging robins in Alaska, Indiana and Florida for a three-year study. Scientists hail golden age to trace bird migration with tech 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Hominy hosts a junior high football scramble each year – a six-team round robin event that kicks off the season. Tulsa LB Collins a small-town player with big-time talent 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Poets may employ the robin as a feathered metaphor for nature’s annual rebirth, but what do the birds actually do? Perspective | If the robin is a bird of spring, why do many of them strut their stuff in winter? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Hominy hosts a junior high football scramble each year - a six-team round robin event that kicks off the season. Tulsa LB Collins a small-town player with big-time talent 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z They play host to cowbirds, a parasitic species that lays eggs in other birds’ nests, where they hatch and compete with the robins’ own offspring for nourishment. How an Eight-Sided ‘Egg’ Ended Up in a Robin’s Nest 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z When a robin flies into the net, she delicately untangles the bird. Scientists hail golden age to trace bird migration with tech 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The first three days of racing will be a double round robin, with four races per day. America’s Cup crews race for 1st time in powerful new boats 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Compared with some other species, the robin is a mishmash. Perspective | If the robin is a bird of spring, why do many of them strut their stuff in winter? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Nebraska’s men were going to host an eight-team Golden Window Classic tournament, but it has been reduced to a three-team round robin with Nevada and North Dakota State. Pandemic leaves opening week of college hoops in disarray 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z These peculiar plastic eggs, progressively more different from the robin’s own, may be valuable tools in lab experiments probing what birds are doing when they look at their nests. How an Eight-Sided ‘Egg’ Ended Up in a Robin’s Nest 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z When she opens her hand, the robin hops to the ground, then takes a few steps under a pink azalea shrub before flying off. Scientists hail golden age to trace bird migration with tech 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Opera was her passion, and she said she would have been a diva instead of a justice if she’d had the voice of a robin instead “of a sparrow.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice and legal pioneer for gender equality, dies at 87 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z The American robin, on the other hand, blankets North America. Perspective | If the robin is a bird of spring, why do many of them strut their stuff in winter? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z In June, 16 of Twitch's top streamers played in a round robin chess tournament after being coached by a number of world-class chess players, including Nakamura. Chess is taking over the online video game world — and both are changing from this unlikely pairing 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z In Western Washington, cool onshore flow from the Pacific Ocean typically keeps summer skies blue as a robin’s egg. How an easterly wind, hotter summers could fuel more devastating wildfire on Western slopes of Cascades 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z They entered this playoff season as the top seed in the Western Conference and won all three of the round robin games in the qualifying round. Stanley Cup Playoffs: Vegas Golden Knights, Vancouver Canucks face off in Round 2 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z The Bruins entered the qualifying round of the playoffs as the top team in the NHL but quickly fell to the No. 4 seed after losing all three round robin games. Stanley Cup Playoffs: Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins face off in Round 2 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z “Even though you may see robins in the same place every year, throughout the year, whether that’s the same bird, or even the same population, is a big question mark,” Farnsworth said. Perspective | If the robin is a bird of spring, why do many of them strut their stuff in winter? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Canada headed six teams seeded into first-round groups that play a single round robin, with two games each in October and November. US could open WCup qualifying in Trinidad, site of ’17 loss 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z In fact, neither won a game and they finished last in the round robin tournaments. The First Round of the N.H.L. Playoffs Is Set. There Have Already Been Upsets. 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z Defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis went winless in the round robin and will next face the Vancouver Canucks. Stars beat Blues to draw Flames, St. Louis to face Canucks 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z The Knights will play a three-game round robin at Rogers Place in Edmonton to determine seeding in the First Round. Vegas Golden Knights: What to know before NHL restarts pandemic-shortened season 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z Like flamingos and teenagers, robins gather in flocks. Perspective | If the robin is a bird of spring, why do many of them strut their stuff in winter? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z The Avalanche will play a three-game round robin at Rogers Place in Edmonton to determine seeding in the first round. Colorado Avalanche: What to know before NHL restarts pandemic-shortened season 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z The Stars will play a three-game round robin at Rogers Place in Edmonton to determine seeding in the First Round. Dallas Stars: What to know before NHL restarts pandemic-shortened season 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z The round robin will set the seeding among the other three top teams in the Eastern Conference: Tampa Bay, Philadelphia and Boston. Capitals pick up in bubble where they left off during season, beat Hurricanes in exhibition 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z It’s unclear how long the team’s leading scorer will be out, but DeBoer seems optimistic the 31-year-old will be ready after the round robin. Knights were on a roll and Stars struggled before NHL halted 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Each group will compete in a single round robin of four matches per nation this October and November. And then there were 8: CONCACAF hexagonal becomes octagonal 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Boston will join Philadelphia, Tampa Bay and Washington in a three-game round robin of Eastern Conference top seeds that starts Aug. 2 in Toronto. The Boston Bruins Had Home Ice. Now They’ve Got a Hub. 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z It’s a continuing round robin of generosity and hard work that feeds hundreds of people each day. This Giant Blueberry Scone Is Self-Care With Butter and Flour 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The top four seeds will play a round robin to determine their seeding and otherwise get warmed up for the playoffs. Sports are returning: See schedules for Capitals, Wizards, Nationals and more 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z “I think my plan here is both guys are going to play through the round robin,” DeBoer said. Knights were on a roll and Stars struggled before NHL halted 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The Capitals will face the Bruins, Lightning and Flyers in the three-game round robin to determine seeding. NHL releases playoff schedule as return-to-play plan, CBA extension approved 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z For those still catching up on how the return-to-play will work, the Capitals are only playing this round robin in order to determine the order of the top four seeds. Capitals get their restart schedule as NHL, union ratify CBA and protocols 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z In areas where bird diversity is low, especially in highly urbanized environments where generalist species like robins thrive, the risk to humans is significantly greater. How Humanity Unleashed a Flood of New Diseases 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z A variety of songbirds like sparrows, robins and flycatchers also enjoy the critters and can be seen picking the bugs off vehicle grills. Miller time: Moths take over Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Those teams will conduct round robins to determine seeds No. 1 through No. 4 for each conference. Bettman defends NHL's expansion playoff format 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z At least we think it’s the same robin that in the spring built a nest in the eaves of our unfinished porch, only to lose her entire clutch of eggs to a predator. Perspective | Groundhog day: You can add a woodchuck to the animals in our backyard 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Players compete every weekend for five weeks in a round robin format, their matches streamed on a live platform, with multiple screens, cameras and speakers capturing every sight and sound, according to organizers. New tennis tournament in France aiming for younger audience 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z The LPL’s 17 teams will compete in a single round robin of best-of-three matches, with the top eight sides advancing to the Summer Split playoffs. LPL releases Summer Split schedule 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The first to start singing are blackbirds and robins, piping up at about 4.20am. Lockdown yields first global sound map of spring dawn chorus 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z After a round robin of calls to European diplomats this afternoon, I got a clear sense that there's not yet an overall majority in favour. Rocky path ahead for EU recovery fund 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Our porch still isn’t finished, and last month the robin built seven nests, right next to one another in the eaves, before laying four eggs in one. Perspective | Groundhog day: You can add a woodchuck to the animals in our backyard 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z In the new format, the top four teams in each conference are guaranteed spots in the traditional 16-team Stanley Cup Playoffs field, but they must play a round robin within their conference to determine seeding. Capitals have sixth-best odds to win Stanley Cup after restart announcement 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z And once the possible source of recurrent strep was treated, the round robin infection stopped. This family’s repeated strep throat infections frustrated their doctors 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z After a few weeks, we saw the robins tag-teaming in the yard in search of worms. Perspective | Working from home means watching the backyard birds at work 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z It is a double round robin that runs over six days with six teams — the United States, China, India, Russia, Europe and one called The Rest of the World. Chess Thrives Online Despite Pandemic 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z “We have members playing an eight-man round robin that afternoon,” he said. Quite possibly the rudest club in the world? - Golf Digest 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z A few months after Ms. Lyons’s departure, Mr. Drexler stepped down and two months later, Mr. Sikhounmuong left, starting a round robin of executives and designers. J. Crew Likely to File for Bankruptcy in Virus’s First Big Retail Casualty 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z He noticed birds in his new backyard, watching robins pluck worms from the ground “just like in the cartoons.” Bird-watching soars amid COVID-19 as Americans head outdoors 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z We have a pair of dunnock, two robins and at least one wren. Wildlife through the window: what readers have spotted during lockdown 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z It was hard to identify in the waning light, but it happened to just be a robin. How Bird-Watching Prepared Me for Sheltering in Place 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The online event, hosted by the Chess24 website, features a round robin of four-game rapid matches, with the top four finishers moving on to a knockout final stage. Top stars RSVP for Magnus Carlsen’s pop-up chess invitational 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Streams whoosh, swollen with winter rains, and birds — robins, sparrows, grosbeaks, woodpeckers and hawks — trill and chatter. The Sound of One Shrimp Snapping 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Its tuneful, powerful song sounds like a speeded up robin. Name that song - it's the perfect time to learn to identify birds 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Always brings a smile to my face especially the chirping of a robin. Wildlife through the window: what readers have spotted during lockdown 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z A self-isolating wildlife photographer snapped a gorgeous picture of a robin with its wings outstretched. Self-isolating photographer snaps stunning image of robin 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z “As I remember your eyes were bluer than robin’s eggs / My poetry was lousy, you said,” she sings, her voice curdling. Joan Baez: where to start in her back catalogue 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The top four players in the round robin will then compete in the knockout stage for the $70,000 first prize. Magnus Carlsen's online tournament taps into new internet chess boom 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Among its mistakes, “Those musicians harmonise marvellously” was decoded as “The spinach was a famous singer”, and “A roll of wire lay near the wall” became “Will robin wear a yellow lily”. Scientists develop AI that can turn brain activity into text 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z An expanded playoff bracket or round robin tournaments in neutral-site cities? Twinbills? Winter windup? Baseball’s 2020 could be creative 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z After waiting for four hours in his kitchen hideout, he finally captured a robin at full-stretch as it took off from the bowl at a distance of about 12 feet. Self-isolating photographer snaps stunning image of robin 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z He sat on a stone ledge and watched a robin land on a tree. A lesson in essential services during the coronavirus outbreak: Groceries, yes. Billiards, no. 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z “We did round robins of questions, that was fun,” she said. Book chats, karaoke, long-distance seders: 10 ways to connect virtually with family and friends 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z For the study’s nest-building protagonist, Dr. King chose the cardinal, because in building her nest she essentially just shoves sticks together; the robin complicates matters with mud. Why Birds Are the World’s Best Engineers 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z The idea is to walk the course and look for the birds, starting with Canada geese on Hole 1 and then through such species as Eastern towhees, American robins, belted kingfishers and mallards. Perspective | This Rockville golf course is full of birdies — the feathered kind 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z They watched as the jewelry was rolled along the sidewalk in distinctive carts with robin’s egg-blue tambour doors. How Tiffany Moved 114,000 Gems Without Getting Robbed 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z The reason why robins sing so much in the winter is because they're defending their territory from "outsiders". Close encounters with Britain’s birdlife 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z A snail helps deliver a letter; some robins laugh when Toad tries to fly a kite; but Frog and Toad are everything to each other, and no one else, and nothing else, much matters. The Case of the Angry Daughter 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Ms Hammer is, she admits, obsessed with the brand, so much so that her husband even had a gun made for her in Tiffany's distinctive robin's egg blue. How Tiffany aims to get back its sparkle 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z He meant, of course, robin’s egg blue, the shade of all Tiffany boxes, bags and wadding. Tiffany Is More Than a Store 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The boy points at the frozen corpse of a bird, its feet and beak poking out of the snow, and says, “Look, Daddy, the first robin.” Gahan Wilson, cartooning’s master of the creepy and the macabre, dies at 89 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Dartmouth, along with Jacksonville and Merrimack, went 2-1 in the round robin. Dartmouth blows big lead, tops UMass Lowell 80-75 in OT 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Welcome to our coverage from day one of the ATP Tour Finals in London where the round robin group stage is just kicking off. Roger Federer v Dominic Thiem: ATP Finals group stage – live! 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z In women’s Olympic qualifying, South Korea will host North Korea, Vietnam and Myanmar in a round robin from Feb. 3-9. Korean derby drawn in women’s Olympic soccer qualifying 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z But the new study, based on a broad survey of more than 500 species, reveals steep losses even among such traditionally abundant birds as robins and sparrows. Birds Are Vanishing From North America 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The committee did the usual five-minute round robin with the Republicans feeding him softballs and Democrats being irritated and flummoxed by Lewandowski's lack of cooperation and aggressive, smug attitude. Corey Lewandowski's stonewall campaign finally crumbles: Are impeachment counts coming? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z In a recent scientific paper, for instance, he reported that gray squirrels pay special attention to the alarm calls of robins. Squirrels Relax When They Hear Birds Relaxing 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z In mid-May, the Dream traveled to Connecticut to play in a preseason round robin with the Liberty, the Wings and the host Sun. The W.N.B.A. Is Putting On Some of the Best Pro Basketball in America 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z More than 50 years ago, Rachel Carson warned of a “silent spring”, the songs of robins and wood thrush silenced by toxic pesticides such as DDT. America’s dependence on pesticides, especially neonics, is a war on nature 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z “We are in the top four now and I think, if we are reflecting back on the round robin, we definitely deserve to be here,” he said. Williamson holds key to New Zealand hopes in World Cup semis 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z However, a new round robin stage at the final tournament means players will play more matches. Fed Cup follows Davis Cup with new tournament format 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z However, a new round robin stage at the final tournament means players will play more matches. Fed Cup follows Davis Cup with new tournament format 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z In the experiment the team used playbacks of robin song to stimulate responses from birds who were territory holders. Twitter storm: noise pollution creates havoc for birds, study shows 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The hall’s ceiling, an arched wonder painted robin’s egg blue, is leaking again. Texas once had 1,000 dance halls. Now there’s a rush to save those that remain 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z They are also known as “wake robin” because they traditionally bloom in little patches of sunlight in the forest about the same time the spring robins appear. Perspective | In the spring, I get a thrill when I see my first trillium 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z So in celebration of the flock that is visiting me, I looked up American robins in four bird books published in the past 180 years. Perspective | We once hunted and ate robins. Now the birds are a colorful harbinger of spring 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Luckily for the recent Bay Hill winner, he shouldn't be sweating too much in the round robin. Match Madness: Breaking down the 2019 WGC-Match Play groups - Golf Digest 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Inherently, match play will always fall short of stroke competition, but the round robin at least improves the aim.— Debate: Should the WGC-Match Play return to a one-and-done format? - Golf Digest 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z It will feature 12 teams, and the races will pit two drivers against each other in a head-to-head, “round robin” style tournament in each location. Extreme E series will race electric cars in climate change-affected areas 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z But sightings of two of the UK's most recognisable birds, blackbirds and robins, fell. Public urged to join garden bird watch 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z “The migrations of robins are stirring; their adaptability to different habitats is staggering; their easily observed family life is endlessly fascinating and, with no apologies for sentimentalism, heartwarming.” Perspective | We once hunted and ate robins. Now the birds are a colorful harbinger of spring 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Spieth has been a mixed bag at the Match Play, reaching the quarterfinals in his debut in 2014 but making it out of the round robin just once in three tries. Match Madness: Breaking down the 2019 WGC-Match Play groups - Golf Digest 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z “They looked like little robins’ eggs, they were so bright,” said Dr. Warinner, group leader of archaeogenetics at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany. In an Ancient Nun’s Teeth, Blue Paint — and Clues to Medieval Life 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Mr Townshend said a robin would normally only leave for home at the end of winter. Rare robin delights Beijing birdwatchers 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Indeed, the ultimate competition in college football now seems to be a round robin among three programs who fit within a fairly small geographic radius. Alabama and Clemson Are Putting a Trademark on the Title Game 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z If a baby robin makes it to adulthood, it may live up to 13 years, flying north and south, partying and breeding and mothering and fathering — a nice long life for a songbird. Perspective | We once hunted and ate robins. Now the birds are a colorful harbinger of spring 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Then, others in the group spotted a flock of robins flying in the distance. Under record-setting rain, birdwatchers look to the skies for the Christmas Bird Count 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia: The bright red berries of the toyon, found in chaparral communities throughout California, is a favorite with robins and waxwings in winter. New gardens at the L.A. Zoo show us how we can help birds at home 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The European robin was in 2015 chosen as UK's first national bird in a poll of more than 200,000 people. Rare robin delights Beijing birdwatchers 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z There’s exotic sounds like hippos and hyenas, to stuff like nightingales and robins and the sound of the geyser in Iceland and Hurricane Harvey as it passed overhead in Texas. This map lets you hear what the world sounds like without humans 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Myers bemoans that robins were, in her day, still frequently mowed down in large numbers by market hunters. Perspective | We once hunted and ate robins. Now the birds are a colorful harbinger of spring 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z I rarely see robins in my neighborhood let alone spawning salmon in our mountain streams. The Insect Apocalypse Is Here 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z In a perfect world Joshua, Wilder and Fury would spend the next couple of years fighting each other in a round robin. Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder on make-or-break collision course | Bryan Armen Graham 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z But while the McFadden's Cold War calendar features old-school pictures behind the "windows", don't expect to see a robin on the third and mistletoe on the ninth. How Steve McFadden became an Advent calendar star 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z In Britain, genome sequences for red and grey squirrels, the European robin, the Fen raft spider and the blackberry will be added to the vast database. Scientists launch plan to map genes of all complex life on earth 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Note that finding a broken blue egg on the ground does not mean tragedy has occurred; the mother robin often pitches them out of the nest after her young have hatched. Perspective | We once hunted and ate robins. Now the birds are a colorful harbinger of spring 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z I’d still like to see a four-team cutoff point and ideally a round robin group stage, with the highest seed playing all their games at home, but the current format isn’t totally outrageous. MLS playoff predictions: will Rooney lead DC United to glory? 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z “No, I kept playing positive and strong,” the world number six told reporters of her approach to the deciding set of their Red Group round robin opener. Stephens benefits from positive attitude in WTA Finals debut 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Open winner Naomi Osaka, who she plays first in round robin action on Monday. Stephens enjoys emotional campaign after Grand Slam breakthrough 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Open champion who she takes on first in round robin play on Monday. Tennis: Osaka plans to stay 'weird' in ever-changing career 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z “The robin is one of the truly marvelous birds of our continent,” he writes. Perspective | We once hunted and ate robins. Now the birds are a colorful harbinger of spring 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Can’t we be told the common name of the living thing — sugar maple or America robin? Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Excitement for the Glenstone Museum and pique over falsely branded bubbles 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Certain bird species, such as robins, cedar waxwings and thrushes, are the most prone to drunken antics since they eat more berries than other species such as warblers and flycatchers that primarily eat insects. Drunk birds are causing havoc in a Minnesota town. Police say they’ll sober up soon. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Some species of birds — such as robins, cedar waxwings and thrushes — are more likely than others to become intoxicated from fermented berries, according to The Washington Post. City sees influx of ‘drunk’ birds flying into cars and windows 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z For 19 captivating seconds, Abigail Harvey's family listen intently to the song of a robin. The hospice remembering children in birdsong 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z About 50 American robins are in my front yard, a noisy, colorful flock centered around my crabapple tree. Perspective | We once hunted and ate robins. Now the birds are a colorful harbinger of spring 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z In November next year the competition will involve 18 nations competing in a week-long, round‑robin tournament. Streamlined Davis Cup revamp approved despite LTA opposition 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Portland has seen multiple incidents in the past decade where between 30 and 50 robins have suddenly turned up dead because of suspected alcohol poisoning. Drunk birds are causing havoc in a Minnesota town. Police say they’ll sober up soon. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z They say he and Mr. Gates kept accountants at two firms and officials at three banks busy with a round robin of made-up explanations and doctored financial records. The Rise and Fall of Paul Manafort: Greed, Deception and Ego 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z "The robin is one of her favourite birds, such a lively, stroppy, opinionated little bird, it's very emotional." The hospice remembering children in birdsong 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z I too have caught a bird in the corner of my eye, only to turn away once I identified it as “just a robin.” Perspective | We once hunted and ate robins. Now the birds are a colorful harbinger of spring 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Today, “birds” alone lists woodpeckers, crossbills, jackdaws, crows, robins, thrushes, blue tits and great tits, goldfinches, bullfinches, ospreys, lapwings, oystercatchers, kestrels, a pheasant and several varieties of owl. From sharks to chimps to moon bears: tales of a supervet 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Hungary beat Germany 8-3 in the round robin, so no one expected Germany to have a chance in the final. Which is the best World Cup ever? Rating contenders from 1954 to 2014 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z After going 1-2 in the preliminary round robin portion, they lost to the Clippers in the first round of the single-elimination part of the league. Wizards eliminated from Summer League tourney with loss to Clippers 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The paper looked at about a dozen songbird species, including the American robin, red-faced warbler, and other arboreal species, as well as ground-dwelling birds like the house wren and white-breasted nuthatch. Birds That Leave Nest Too Late Can Endanger Their Families 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The robins that used to arrive in early April now show up in mid-March. Looking for signs of global warming? It’s all around you 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Soon the cancellations will have subsided, the robins will be hopping around on green grass, and we can all go back to complaining about other things … like crabgrass, loud motorcycles and the Cubs. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The first is that it leaves Japan isolated in what has been a round robin of diplomacy involving North Korea. ‘Is This Still a Buddy Movie?’ Trump and Japan’s Leader Will Soon Find Out 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Crows and gulls may thrive at our garbage dumps, blackbirds and cowbirds at our farms’ feedlots, robins and bulbuls in our city parks. The radical otherness of birds: Jonathan Franzen on why they matter 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Because the format is round robin in the 16 four-man groups, losing an opening match does not mean being eliminated from the tournament. Thomas and List headline opening matches in Austin 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z The event revamped its format in 2015, partially leaving single-elimination in favor of 16 "pods" of four players, with everyone playing a round robin against the other three competitors. Match Madness: Breaking down the 2018 WGC-Match Play groups - Golf Digest 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z “In the round robins it was a bit pressure because we were not used to play games with big crowd,” Kim said. Curling: South Korea stay strong to reach final v Sweden 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, the curling team beat Olympic Athlete from Russia 11-2 in the round robin session 11, continuing their winning streak. Curling: South Korean 'Garlic Girls' savor overnight fame 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z South Korea earned its first victory in the men’s curling round robin, beating Britain 11-5 after the Brits conceded early after falling far behind. Hanyu wins history-making gold, Ledecka stuns in super-G 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Plus, there will be curling round robin matches, the usual ice hockey, men’s singles short program ice skating, men’s large hill ski jumping qualification and a touch of biathlon and bobsleigh training. Winter Olympics 2018: day seven from Pyeongchang – live! 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Men’s round robin will continue at 12:05 a.m. with the U.S. facing Italy. What to watch from Pyeongchang Olympics on Day 6 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z “In the round robins it was a bit pressure because we were not used to play games with big crowd,” Kim said. Curling: South Korea stay strong to reach final v Sweden 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, the curling team beat Olympic Athlete from Russia 11-2 in the round robin session 11, continuing their winning streak. Curling: South Korean 'Garlic Girls' savor overnight fame 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Canada’s men’s team lost for the first time in the curling round robin, falling to Sweden 5-2. Hanyu wins history-making gold, Ledecka stuns in super-G 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z The round robins continue, with the U.S. women playing Japan at 12:05 a.m. What to watch from Pyeongchang – Day 5 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z “You’re definitely more involved in every shot, you always have to stay on,” said U.S. curler Becca Hamilton, who competed in the mixed doubles round robin with her brother. Switzerland to face Canada in mixed doubles curling final 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z There are nine bird feeders around my house, but I’ve never seen a robin at a single one of them. Opinion | Let Your Winter Garden Go Wild 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z And with four games played simultaneously during Sunday’s mixed doubles round robin, it’s understandable if uninitiated viewers got a little confused. Banter, bickering: Mic’d-up Olympic curlers ‘on the nose’ 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z The mixed doubles curling round robin, which started before the opening ceremony, continues Saturday. Speed, tricks and big air: What to watch from Pyeongchang 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The teams will face off again later Friday as the round robin continues. Swiss curlers stun with perfect score, beating US 9-4 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Apparently there’s a robin somewhere in the House of Commons chamber. Robin spotted in the House of Commons 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z So it didn’t surprise me to find more than a hundred robins in our yard on that snowy day. Opinion | Let Your Winter Garden Go Wild 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z He counts on Barr’s wildlife observations as well - a detailed daily analysis of bird and critter sightings that show marmots emerging from hibernation a month earlier than usual and robins arriving about three weeks early. Man becomes accidental apostle among climate researchers 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z When I visited, I was particularly charmed by the toutouwai, or North Island Robin, which isn’t closely related to European or American robins but is similarly fearless. This Rat-Free City Park Is a Paradise of Rare Birds 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z To win a gold medal in men’s or women’s curling takes up to 33 hours on the field of play, with nine round robin games of three hours each followed by a semi-final and final. Rocking from Scotland to Saudi Arabia, Canada to Qatar 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Red robin flying around chamber of House of Commons causing some panic! Robin spotted in the House of Commons 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z East Coast in 1999, it spread across the entire country in just a few years, sickening thousands of people and striking down whole flocks of robins, crows, and other birds. Light pollution may promote the spread of West Nile virus 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Both teams sport their famous first-choice colours: Manchester City in sky blue, Bristol City in robin red. Manchester City v Bristol City: Carabao Cup semi-final first leg – live! 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z It’s acid- and lignin-free to keep prints safe from damaging chemicals, has metal-reinforced corners for durability and comes in robin’s egg blue. Pixel Purge: Decluttering Your Smartphone’s Image Library 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z To win a gold medal in men’s or women’s curling takes up to 33 hours on the field of play, with nine round robin games of three hours each followed by a semi-final and final. Rocking from Scotland to Saudi Arabia, Canada to Qatar 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s presented annually to the winner of the round robin between the three major service academies. With 14-game skid over, Army eyes 2nd straight win over Navy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Those groups play round robin, and the winner of each group advances to a very dramatic championship match. Time to face it: Tennis has a way cooler postseason than golf - Golf Digest 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z That is, say, how a plane overhead might block the detection of a robin on a branch a mile away, shrinking your range of hearing. It’s One of North America’s Quietest Places. Along Came a Bear. 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Mr Cade said the bird, about the size of a robin, was "feeding well and appeared active". Hundreds flock to see American Yellow Warbler in Portland - BBC News 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Price won both races against Hobbs in the round robins. Aussie skipper Price tops youth fleet after round-robins 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z After the double round robin, the top four teams will sail in the semifinals on Friday. Price shares opening day lead at youth match racing regatta 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Price, 21, won the double round robin and then chose to face Takahashi, the youngest of the other semifinalists. Killian wins Governor’s Cup for host Balboa Yacht Club 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z He regularly plays guitar and other instruments at the library’s acoustic round robin that meets once a month. Ukulele players meet monthly to strum at Indiana library 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z The semifinalists earned their berths based on results of a double round robin among the 12 skippers. Killian takes 2-0 lead in Governor’s Cup semifinal 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Organised as a round robin event, England - whose team included nine teachers - beat Australia in the final deciding match on 28 July 1973. Women's World Cup: Lynne Thomas and the cricket spirit of 1973 - BBC News 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z She now does a fair impression of a sea robin earnestly croaking, Put me back! Blood Lines: Fishing With My Daughter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The robin and the moth represent new beginnings. Mother, transgender son write book about coping 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Nearly 40 years after the plant’s closure, robins still sometimes drop dead out of the sky after having eaten tainted worms from the soil. Scott Pruitt vows to speed the nation’s Superfund cleanups. Communities wonder how. 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z She told me that at Leavenworth, not long before she learned of her commutation, a robin had alighted at her window, a small messenger from the world outside. The Long, Lonely Road of Chelsea Manning 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The two teams have a showdown Saturday, the final day of round robin two. New Zealand Leads America’s Cup Qualifiers 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z The two teams have a huge showdown Saturday, the final day of round robin two. Near-perfect Kiwis take control of America’s Cup qualifiers 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Emirates Team New Zealand, who have already qualified for the challengers' semi-final, are seeking to top the qualifying round robin event. New Zealand give Japan a foiling class in America's Cup win 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z One challenger will be eliminated after the second round robin. America’s Cup qualifiers postponed due to light wind 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Artemis and New Zealand face off again in the opening race of the second round robin Tuesday. In America’s Cup, Team New Zealand Wins After Late Penalty 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z In a break from tradition, the defender, Oracle, will sail against the challengers in the two round robins. ‘Foiling’ America’s Cup due to set sail Saturday in Bermuda 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z But like other crews, Outteridge says there will be further improvements when the real racing starts on May 26 in a round robin series to eliminate one of the crews. Sailing: Artemis guards secret of America's Cup speed 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z “Giant lawns provide nothing for birds with a small caveat for robins,” he said. Native plants attract birds to your own backyard 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z It’s the rub of the green, except that it’s a more abrasive rub in round robin. Round-robin play has its flaws, but it makes the WGC-Match Play a better event, and here's why - Golf Digest 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z KNOCKOUT: The format shifts from round robin to single elimination the next four rounds. Match Play at a glance 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z As a reminder, the event revamped its format in 2015, partially leaving single-elimination in favor of 16 "pods" of four players, with everyone playing a round robin against the other three competitors. Live blog: WGC-Match Play, Day 1 - Golf Digest 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z For those that forget, the Match Play revamped its format in 2015, partially leaving single-elimination in favor of 16 "pods" of four players, with everyone playing a round robin against the other three competitors. Everything you need to know about the 2017 WGC-Match Play pairings - Golf Digest 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z If a player were to get injured prior to the start of round robin play on Thursday, Finau would get in. WGC-Dell Match Play field set, creating a dilemma for the first alternate - Golf Digest 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Earlier the women’s playoff field was determined with Jamie Sinclair’s team winning the round robin and advancing directly to Saturday’s gold-medal game. SPU hires Wright as new volleyball coach 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Aristotle thought that the robins living in Greece in the winter somehow turned into redstarts in the summer. On Long Migrations, Birds Chase an Eternal Spring 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z That latter team stole the show in the round robin, but fell victim to a format that had been created in hopes of ensuring a Canada/USA showdown in the final. A nasty hit and kids taking over: 2016's most memorable hockey moments 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z The scientists used a taxidermy robin and a recording of a robin's song - setting up their fake bird in different robin territories throughout the park. Light pollution dampens urban robins' song - BBC News 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Maybe it was the light seeping into the room he shares with his brother, or the chorus of robins that erupts just before dawn. The Secret Life of Time 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Moiseeva's rink, who finished third equal with the Czechs after the round robin, were never behind in a match against the Scots in which they scored threes at three ends. European Curling Championships: Eve Muirhead's Scots win bronze medal 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z |
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