Canadian bird

[Barney girl]

can any of you help identify a bird I saw in Quebec City,so I can write up my album? I can't insert the photo here, but it was in a park, sitting on top of a lamppost. It was about the size of a blackbird, with a brown back and a rust red chest.
I've tried checking online, but the only helpful website, which allowed me to fill in those details I knew suggested it was a type of duck. I may be no good at birds, but I do know a duck when I see one!

[Outdoor Girl]

Did you look up an American Robin, by any chance?  It seems a little too simplistic an answer, though.  And yes, there was no way it was a duck!

[Barney girl]

That's it - thank you!    I had no idea the American Robin was so much bigger than the European one. I knew they were different birds, but had assumed they looked similar

[Outdoor Girl]

Woot!  Glad I nailed it.  My Dad is the one who is the bird expert so I've picked up a little by osmosis.  Plus, I've had robins nesting under my deck before.

[sparksals]

We call them Robin Red Breasts. 

[jaxsue]

We call them Robin Red Breasts.

That's what my parents called them (they were Canadian).

OP, the American Robin is the Michigan state bird, my home state, so I think they're awesome. 

[Barney girl]

I thought it looked lovely, and quite bold in its attitude, that's why I took a photo.

[AmethystAnne]

I grew up in New Jersey. Seeing a robin meant that Spring was here!