I don't like the robins either. In the spring, like now, it's enjoyable listening to the adults sing beginning about 4:00 a.m. but once their babies hatch, the babies are obnoxious whining little chirpers........
Chickadees are my favorite bird and I love listening to them in the morning. They have several songs that are pleasant to listen to. Add to that, unlike the damn robins, they stick around all year long while the robins head south.........most of them anyway.
I'd much rather have the chickadee as our Mich. state bird than robins.....
Up until 2013, I had only seen two Blue Birds my entire life and that was at the Stoney Creek golf course here in S.E. Michigan. In July of 2013, I went back up to Boyne City for my 45 year class reunion and I stayed at a friend of mine's house out in the country, overlooking a large valley. Darned if I didn't see at least a dozen blue birds around his property, most of them had nested in his fence post houses he had built for them...............that was cool.