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This lovely fellow greeted us just as we began our walk around Mill Lake in Abbotsford, B.C. (22-12-14-5977)
American Robins are in full nesting season right now, and that means that most of what they catch goes down the throats of their offspring, who seem to have an endless appetite. The cycle from egg to fledgling is short, but the robins have more than one brood a year.
This one wanted to talk a bit. While I was on the bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, photographing the Great Blue Heron Rookery, this little thrush clearly had something to tell me. So she hopped along the edge of the river, approaching me and chatting away.
An American Robin is nervously scanning its surroundings. ✔️ ✔︎
Since its typical habitat is woodlands and open areas, I was surprised to see it in a tree close to our house. First sighting in our neighborhood for me.
Explore Feb 18, 2023: www.flickr.com/explore/2023/02/18 - #163
Hope everyone has been doing well and hope every is healthy and in good spirits. A couple of captures and no need to comment on both photos. Just some birds in a nearby park.
Decided to return and try to get back into the swing of things. I’ll start out with a shot of one of my nemesis birds, that I was finally able to scratch off my list. The Robins usually spend just a few days in our area, but they have stuck around for a bit longer this year and I was able to grab a couple of decent shots to them foraging in the park. I’ll try to get around to everyone’s photos but will need some time to catch up. Take care and have a great day.
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When the berries are ripe, the robins will appear - and indeed you did. It’s been nearly a year since I started this project and you were going to be one of my first subjects after I saw you last winter in the neighbor’s bushes, but I never quite liked the pictures I got. After that, I didn’t really see you much. It’s not that you went anywhere. I just failed to find you. But now we have come full circle and the berries again are ripe.
A few grand evergreen trees tower over my street, right where the ivy grows that fed the bees in October. In those trees, you roost, which makes for a rapid morning commute across the street to the bounty of berries. And by rapid I do mean rapid - you’re such a fast flyer! I tried to catch you midflight. In most pictures, your wings are actually tucked in and you seem to shoot yourself into the air like a cannonball, streaking across the sky like a plump peach. Soon, my arms began to tremble from holding up the camera, and so I realized I wasn't likely to succeed. The speed of a robin is considerable.
Amid all this rapid commuting, you also erupt with happy song so joyful and bright, a tide of buoyancy lifts the heart that listens. If there is hope that died in the night, you bring it back to life with your cheerful vitality. You’re a little warrior of hope. The more I contemplate the color of your chest, the more I love it, so deep and earthy, like red clay moist from rain three days ago and then set aglow by a morning sun. Dearest Robin, you are the actual early bird that, at dawn, saves us from bottomless despair.
Be merry in the berries and delight us all!
Claudia
An American Robin (Turdus migratorius) feeds on a dead stickleback in a small urban pond in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A small number of Robins survived the winter by feeding on these dead fish.
14 January, 2016.
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Photographed the juvenile American Robin looking for food on this cold wet morning in the backyard in Timmins located in the Township of Mountjoy in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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American Robin.
9 to 11 inches in length. Gray above and brick red below. In males, the head and tail is black while females are dull gray. Young birds are spotted below.
Inhabits towns, gardens, opeen woodlands and agricultural land.
They range from Alaska east across North America to Newfoundland and south to California, Texas, Arkansas and South Carolina. They winter north to British Columbia and Newfoundland.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Arboretum Stephen-Langevin, Boucherville, Québec.
Si communs nos merles, on oublie parfois comment ils sont beaux. et comment ils chantent si bien. Quel plaisir d'entendre les turli turlu d'un merle perché tout en haut d'un arbre par une belle soirée d'été.
Celui-là était bien occupé à cueillir quelques fruits par un superbe petit matin ensoleillé.
Although not unheard of, there are more American Robins choosing to take their chances on overwintering in Calgary instead of migrating to warmer climes. It does freak out some Calgarians who have relied on returning Robins to signal that Spring has arrived. It's also not out of the realm of possibility that these are indeed migratory Robins from much further north - with global warming, they appear to be ranging closer to the arctic, and perhaps this is as far they can fly....
This photo is for a couple of projects. Firstly, my 365-photo-a-day project, but also my new album of birds that I have photographed in 2019. Having an American Robin as the first of the photos in that album is excellent, as they are rare sightings in the winter, but ubiquitous in the summer, with many birders muttering disappointedly, "It's only a Robin" after thinking it was something more interesting.
14 Octobre 2019
Dixièmes journées retour à la maison avec un arrêt à la Base de plein air de Sainte-Foy.
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This has been a very American Robin-ey winter. Today I saw dozens of them along the Salmon Creek trail. Stepping off the path into the area under the trees by the creek, there was a lot of robin activity. If the weather continues to be as mild as it has been this winter, I would not be surprised if they started nesting soon.
It is said of the American Robin that “the early bird gets the worm” — well, in this case the food in question was a berry. But all grist for the mill in terms of providing calories. It was mid-September and the bird may have been migrating south, or it might have stayed around a while longer if it continued finding food. A few members of the species are usually found in the Calgary area over winter, but it is a risky proposition: there can be chinook winds that keep it mild, but then temperatures can plunge to below -35 degrees C.
Outside Zion National Park
Springdale
Utah
USA
An American Robin photographed near the lodge where I stayed just outside of Zion National Park, Utah. The robin had just finished eating a fresh worm out of the ground.
American Robin.
9 to 11 inches in length. Gray above and brick red below. In males, the head and tail is black while females are dull gray. Young birds have a spotted breast area.
Inhabits towns, gardens, open woodlands and agricultural land.
They range from Alaska east to Newfoundland and south to California in the west and Texas and South Carolina in the east. They winter as far north as British Columbia and Newfoundland.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Spring is here, and so are the American Robins. ✔️ ✔︎
In Explore on March 24, 2023: #170, www.flickr.com/explore/2023/03/24