Saanich, BC

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Activists for birds and wildlife

York Neighborhood, Bellingham, WA.

American Robin eyeing some berries at Hap Magee Ranch Park

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I was originally enrolled into the GETTY IMAGES collection as a contributor on April 9th 2012, and when links with FLICKR were terminated in March 2014, I was retained and signed up via a second contract, both of which have proved to be successful with sales of my photographs all over the world now handled exclusively by them.

On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the existing 'Moment portal', and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being rolled out to the general public in December. (ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015).

With visits now in excess of 16.095 Million to my FLICKR site, used primarily these days as a platform to reach friends and family, prospective clients and fellow Flickerinos, I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to FLICKR, GETTY IMAGES and everyone who drops by.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on July 1st 2016

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This photograph became my 2,093rd frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

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This photograph of An American Robin (Turdus migratorius), was taken at an altitude of Seven hundred and two metres, at 10:26am on Thursday 12th May 2016 off Robert Campbell Highway 4 and Alaska Highway 1 at what has come to be known as 'Sign Post Forest', in the town of Watson Lake, Yukon.

'Sign post forest', is an extensive collection of signs that was started in 1942 by a homesick American G.I named Private Carl K. Lindley of the 341st Engineers, who errected a signpost for his hometown of Danville, Illinois, whilst recovering from injury. Visitors from around the world have subsequently added their own signs and the total is now in exces of 100,000, making it one of the most visited and famous landmarks along the Alaska Highway.

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Nikon D800 500mm 1/160s f/5.6 iso100 RAW (14Bit) Hand held. Nikon back focus button enabled. AF-C Continuous point focus with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance.Nikon AF Fine tune on (+10).

Nikkor AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6G ED VR. Power Up 95mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL15 batteries. Nikon DK-17M 1.2x Magnifying Eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Digi-Chip 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC card. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW Photo/ 15.4" Notebook Backpack camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit.

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LATITUDE: N 60d 3m 49.11s

LONGITUDE: W 128d 42m 46.63s

ALTITUDE: 702.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 103.00MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) SIZE: 11.27MB

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Nikon D800 Firmware versions A 1.10 B 1.10 L 2.009 (Lens distortion control version 2)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX2 Version 2.10.3 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

Molting American Robin on Pacific Crest Trail, Donner Pass Area, Nevada Co, California on 23 August 2016. This American Robin is beginning molt.

west vancouver, bc.

The same male American Robin in field west of my front yard as in the previous seven photos

Camera Used: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens Used: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM lens

A robin hunting for worms after a recent rain.

This partially leucistic robin has been hanging out on Alvarado Road in Berkeley. It has an interesting pattern of white and normal feathers, both on the head,back, wings and tail and also on the orange breast. Caused by a failure to incorporate melanin into the feather structure - but only for some feathers.

Male American Robin sitting on the clothesline in my backyard; same robin as in the previous four photos

Camera Used: Canon EOS Rebel T6i

Lens Used: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM lens

Turdus migratorius, American robin.

The weather is unseasonably cool, so the mother spends quite a bit of time between feedings sitting on her chicks

Made at Gambrills, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on May 18, 2014.

"What's that human doing with that shiny black thing making clicking noises pointed at us?"

Juvenile Sunbathing ~ American Robin ~ Turdus migratorius ~ Merle d'Amerique ~ My yard in Sparta, NJ

Reflecting

Over a period of three or four days the robins were feeding heavily on these crabapples. Also seen: bohemian waxwings and pine grosbeaks. All allowed me to stand in the open with my tripod and shoot at close range.

Photographed at Val Marie, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2014 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

A large number of American Robins (Turdus migratorius) were attracted to the fruits of this Corktree (Phellodendron sp.) . Several of these trees had been planted along a service road in the park. Centennial Park, Howard County, Maryland.

The Mulberry behind the apartment is fully fruited and I've been busy watching the urban avian visitors.

This young robin, along with other babies of the year were busy yesterday gorging themselves on the fruit.

Mom built this lovely nest in the rafters of the back porch. She flies away whenever we drive up or go outside. I climbed a ten foot ladder and held the camera over the nest for these photos. We'll be keeping a close eye on developments. I estimate the eggs to be about 2 weeks old at this time. Which means, because incubation is 12-14 days, that they will hatch sometime when I am in Vermont. Of course.

© Brian E Kushner

Nikon D3X, Nikon 300 F/4

American Robin Juvenile @ Mores Creek, Idaho

At -15 C with a breeze, this song bird wasnt sounding too cheerful.

Mom built this lovely nest in the rafters of the back porch. She flies away whenever we drive up or go outside. I climbed a ten foot ladder and held the camera over the nest for these photos. We'll be keeping a close eye on developments. I estimate the eggs to be about 2 weeks old at this time. Which means, because incubation is 12-14 days, that they will hatch sometime when I am in Vermont. Of course.

"Although robins are considered harbingers of spring, many American Robins spend the whole winter in their breeding range. But because they spend more time roosting in trees and less time in your yard, you're much less likely to see them. The number of robins present in the northern parts of the range varies each year with the local conditions." Cornell

Robins are everywhere right now. Found this one in the late afternoon near my house. (turdus migratorius)

I was photographing a wedding a couple weekends ago when outside the venue I saw this EXOTIC bird. Having a few minutes and my 70-200 f/2.8 VR lens, I crept up to the rare, endangered bird and snapped off a few shots of it. This bird, which I named Robbie, was kind enough to pose for me and to let me get about 5’ from him before flying away, searching for another worm.

I posted this photo on my FB fan page asking the general population to help identify this rare, endangered, exotic, colorful raptor as my experience is with brides, sunsets and cars.

Having a sense of humor myself, I was sarcastically told that this was a common robin. Well, around here all we have are grey animals. Sparrows, squirrels and deer. All grey. I think it’s a product of the smog staining all the living creatures. So when I saw an animal with RED on it, I get excited.

They are back in the neighbourhood after raising their brood.

For some reason, this Spring delivered a number of remarkable opportunities for me to capture images of robins. The results speak for themselves on whether I managed to deliver on those opportunities.

In this case, we came upon this baby bird during our early morning walk around the neighborhood. It is always a little disconcerting to see one so young away from their nest and, hopefully, this one somehow made it to safety.

This is a 1:1 crop from the original frame with some adjustments for exposure and contrast.

Copyright 2011 Shari M. Ortiz All Rights Reserved.

another archive photo. He/she looks mad, the dark blue background is a car in the neighbors driveway

Nikon D7000 | Nikkor 70-300 mm vr | ISO 200 | f/5.6 | @ 300 mm | 1/250 sec | Hand Held | Manual Mode

I wonder if that's a tick on its beak. Now I need a bigger lens to find out. (This was taken with a Sigma 800mm f/5.6 lens and a 1.4x teleconverter from 7 meters away.)

Turdus migratorius

An American Robin sits in a tree at the Spencer Overlook.

Georgina Point, Mayne Island.

The American robin breeds throughout most of North America, from Alaska and Canada south through the United States and into Mexico. Although some populations may stay close to the breeding grounds year-round, most from the northernmost parts of the range migrate south to spend the winter in the United States and Central America. These migrants occur as far south as Guatemala, and also winter in the Caribbean, including Cuba, the Bahamas and Bermuda.

All chicks in the brood leave the nest within two days of each other. Even after leaving the nest, the juveniles will follow their parents around and beg food from them. The wings of juvenile birds develop rapidly, and it only takes a couple of weeks for them to become proficient at flying. Juveniles become capable of sustained flight two weeks after fledging. Bird banders have found that only 25% of young robins survive the first year.

Mom built this lovely nest in the rafters of the back porch. She flies away whenever we drive up or go outside. I climbed a ten foot ladder and held the camera over the nest for these photos. We'll be keeping a close eye on developments. I estimate the eggs to be about 2 weeks old at this time. Which means, because incubation is 12-14 days, that they will hatch sometime when I am in Vermont. Of course.

American Robin or North American Robin (Turdus migratorius) visits the spring garden

Buteo jamaicensis

Turdus migratorius

Near Redmond, OR

Sunny today, too ... but no robins. They've all flown away to warmer climes. This was the first one I spotted in the area last spring.

Junior American Robin looking out for its parents bringing food.

A mother robin brings a huge worm back to the nest. Baby tries to get it down.