The male may visit the area where the nest will be located before the nest is built, and he may bring nesting
material to his mate, but the female chooses the nest site and builds the nest. Although robins prefer to nest
about 3 m above ground in spruce and maple trees, they readily adapt to a wide range of vegetation and built
structures. They will even nest on the ground. Robins also reuse nests from the previous year, either their own
or those of other species such as the Eastern Phoebe, the Catbird, the Common Grackle, and the Baltimore
Oriole. Sometimes they build a new nest on top of an old one, which may have yet another nest under it, and
lay the eggs in the new nest at the top.