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Arctic air arrived in Colorado one day ago and will remain for a few more days. This robin was perched in the sunlight once the clouds dissipated. It seemed to be content to linger while the sun shone.
Lake Almanor Campground
Plumas County, CA
This little guy had just come out of the nest when he started getting attacked by a number of the Brewer's Blackbirds present. After a bit of fighting by the parents, the Blackbirds were driven off, allowing the youngster to relax on the ground and take his first steps on the ground. This is when I snuck behind a bush around 10 ft away to take a few intimate photos of the little boi who had just survived three (very weak, ngl) blackbird attacks.
American Robin -Turdus migratorius
I had the opportunity to watch two robins nest building yesterday. The morning light spotlighted him beautifully as he landed on a post near the pond.
I tried to revive this image somewhat - I tried a few selective sharpening techniques - the image had a bit of motion blur (and it may still for al I know...)
Spotted this young American Robin at our local state park last year. When we saw Robins in Chicago it meant Spring; in Texas it means Autumn.
The American Robins were out and loudly singing during my visit to Homer to see the shorebird migration through there. This one chose the very top of an evergreen tree to sing its song. You really know it's Spring when you see robins in Alaska!
Taken 11 May 2020 at Homer, Alaska.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) rests on a fencepost along a prairie pasture along the south shore of Beaverhill Lake east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
4 June, 2017.
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This one is actually on it's nest that is tucked in nicely in the spruce tree. There was some hard lighting but I liked how this one turned out.
I hope everyone enjoys this image! :D
In the winter of 2015/2016 a number of American Robin (Turdus migratorius) over-wintered and survived by feeding on berries and small minnows or Stickleback fish. It was totally unusual to observe this behaviour especially in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where temperatures can get down into the -30C range.
This bird has selected a stickleback from a bit of open water in a small urban park on the east edge of Edmonton.
14 January, 2016.
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An American Robin (Turdus migratorius) sitting on a perch in the garden, preening after a long bath in the bird bath.
The American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is a common species distributed throughout Alberta and was observed near Beaverhill Lake east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
4 June, 2017.
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius), one of a large group which spent the winter of 2015/2016 in an urban park in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Because they did not migrate, they were forced to develop some interesting habits and food gathering means in order to survive that winter.
As noted in previous posts, they were forced to find sources of food to carry them through the winter. The most unusual behaviour was watching them actively fishing for Stickle Back minnows through holes in the ice of the urban park wetland. There were lots of minnows and it appeared that the robins were enjoying the protein source and probably was instrumental in their survival that winter.
11 January, 2016.
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Rogue Valley - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests and Alaskan wilderness... An American Robin can produce three successful broods in one year. On average, though, only 40 percent of nests successfully produce young. Only 25 percent of those fledged young survive to November. From that point on, about half of the robins alive in any year will make it to the next. Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
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The Robins stopped by for lunch on this snowy afternoon. Ten of them basically stripped this Mountain Ash of its berries. The Cedar Waxwings will be disappointed.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests and Alaskan wilderness... An American Robin can produce three successful broods in one year. On average, though, only 40 percent of nests successfully produce young. Only 25 percent of those fledged young survive to November. From that point on, about half of the robins alive in any year will make it to the next. Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
4901
My "Critters in Winter" series continues today with something more conventional (after an insect and an arachnid, equally improbable to find active at this time of year). American Robins nest and breed in the village; during May and June their wake-up calls begin around 3:30 to 4:00 a.m. Some years they linger quite late and get caught in the first winter storms. This surely must decrease their survival chances; migration is a hazardous time for them even when all goes well.
My own misgivings aside, robins and other migratory passerines have provided me with plenty of good photo ops in the late fall and first days of winter. In 2014 my neighbour, Adam, had a bumper crop of crabapples on his trees, and half a dozen species took full advantage. So did I. I especially liked the obvious colour co-ordination here, and the hoarfrost that coated all the branches and fruit.
Perhaps this fruit festival powered them southbound to their next stopping point, likely somewhere in Montana. I'll never know. But the robins keep returning each spring, so whatever they do seems to be working for them.
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2014 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Taken at the Reifel Bird Refuge near Ladner, British Columbia, Canada.
I caught this guy in the lowering light plucking some red hawthorn berries for supper just as the sun was setting.
American Robin
The American Robin listening for any movement of worms and or insect in the backyard lawn located in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Outtake. The evening sun was still shining on wild grass in the background, while shadows covered the bird on the berries.
Looked like a robin. Sounded a bit like a robin. But the beak isn't yellow-gold. *
More of today’s photo therapy. Thanks for looking.
*Just found the same robin or a similar one with a dark beak. Looks like a juvenile. Hmm...
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Tyler Creek - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests and Alaskan wilderness... An American Robin can produce three successful broods in one year. On average, though, only 40 percent of nests successfully produce young. Only 25 percent of those fledged young survive to November. From that point on, about half of the robins alive in any year will make it to the next. Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
An American Robin (Turdus migratorius), grabs a stickle back minnow from a small opening in the ice of a small urban pond in Edmonton, Albert, Canada.
It is one of about a dozen Robins that overwintered in the area that year surviving on minnows and mountain ash berries.
11 January, 2016.
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Big thanks to my backyard birds. Keep me sane in the lockdown time.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
A large group of American Robin (Turdus migratorius) spent the winter of 2015/2016 in an urban park in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Because they did not migrate, they were forced to develop some interesting habits and food gathering means in order to survive that winter.
In the urban park there was a large number of Mountain Ash trees and they had to aggressively compete with the over-wintering flocks of Bohemian Waxwings for the berries.
16 January, 2016.
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