Daily Postcard: An American Robin snacks on a fallen cherry Monday in White Rock. ‘American Robins eat different foods throughout the year. In the spring and summer the diet is high in protein with insects and worms consisting of 40 percent of the bird’s diet. They eat fruit year round, with favorites being cherry, dogwood, grape, red cedar, blackberry, holly, blueberry, elderberry. spicebush and viburnums.’ Source: dnr.maryland.gov. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs