The robin is an icon of Christmas. Not only because of its presence during the winter, especially in December, but also because it is part of several Christmas legends.
Precisely, we can see in these photographs shared by Isaura Marcos in The Photos of La Vanguardia readers, that the robins are already appearing in our gardens with their famous songs that symbolize the search for mating between this species.
They feed on insects, but also on green plants, which is why they are said to be birds of deciduous forests, because they flee dry environments. Well, they prefer forests with green leaves to feed themselves.
The colors are something very identifying of these birds, their chest is red or orange and this color extends to their face, while on top they have an olive brown body.
As a curiosity, in England it is one of the places that offer the most affection and protection to the robin, in fact, it was declared National Bird in 1960. It has always been used as a symbol of Christmas. These birds have been protagonists of English Christmas cards for years.
It is said that during the Victorian era, British postmen wore red uniforms and were called "robins" in English, so the fact that they appear on cards and stamps is a kind of tribute that represents the postmen who delivered these postcards.
There are several legends about this species regarding Christmas, there are some that say that the red on its chest is related to the blood of Jesus Christ, since it is assumed that when he was dying on the cross, a robin, brown in color at that time, moment, she began to console him by singing in his ear and from getting so close, she stained herself with blood. There are other legends that paint the robin as a savior bird.
The specific name of this bird is Erithacus rubecula, it is a passerine bird, that is, from the Muscicapidae family, the flycatchers. Its size when it is already an adult is between 12 and 14 cm in length and its weight between 16 and 22 g.
They have relatively long legs compared to the rest of the body and that is why they move at high speed on the ground, which is where they practically look for their food. Was this how he reached the stable where the baby Jesus was born?
