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A Robin sat perched with a good selection of food. Not sure what he was waiting for but was just hanging out on the post.
Juvenile Sunbathing ~ American Robin ~ Turdus migratorius ~ Merle d'Amerique ~ My yard in Sparta, NJ
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Cedar Hill State Park. Cedar Hill, Texas.
Dallas County. 16 February 2016.
Nikon D800. Tamron SP 150-600mm f5-6.3 Di VC USD
(600mm) f8 @ 1/640 sec. ISO 800.
American Robins are abundant in the Shenandoah Valley in the summer and during migration, but less likely to be seen in the winter. I had a flock of two dozen in the yard this week and am counting that as a sign that spring isn't too far off.
This shot of a Robin on a split-rail fence is from early last spring.
March 10, 2009, Lake Shenandoah, Rockingham County, Virginia.
For many Robins mean spring but for me in Texas I usually see them mostly in winter as many migrate south for a warmer winter.
Para muchos, los mirlos primavera significa eso, la primavera, pero para mí en Texas, los veo casi exclusivamente en el invierno. Muchos migran a climas hacia el sur para pasar un invierno más caliente.
The American Robin is a familiar sight pulling up worms on suburban lawns. Although it's at home breeding in deep, mature forests, the robin is the most widespread thrush in North American thanks to a tolerance for human-modified habitats.
© Jim Gilbert 2007 all rights reserved.
Cruising the neighborhood during the GBBC I found a flock of 50+ Robins boisterously feeding along Seney Rd. Some of them were having a hard time keeping their balance, so I wonder whether the berries are fermenting. Bernardsville, NJ
I've been after one of these little beauties for ever......well about a year :)
American Robin or North American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European Robin because of its reddish-orange breast, but they are not closely related.. The American Robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering south of Canada from Florida to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It has seven subspecies, but only Turdus migratorius confinis in the southwest is particularly distinctive, with pale gray-brown underparts. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. It is a migratory songbird of the thrush family and sounds pretty too!
There was a huge flock of them and they all looked like they've been feeding well!
Bird (Turdidae family) / February, Habersham Co., Georgia, USA / copyright ©2016 by William Tanneberger - All Rights Reserved.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Rural Habersham Co., GA (Homewoods)
Juvenile Sunbathing ~ American Robin ~ Turdus migratorius ~ Merle d'Amerique ~ My yard in Sparta, NJ
© Jim Gilbert 2009 all rights reserved
Both adults started flying back and forth to the back porch nest today. I figured there must be new mouths to feed.
Bernardsville, NJ
Never before did I have a Robin visit one of my feeders, until this one showed up; then it was a regular visitor until, I think, it left with one of the big flocks that came through in February.
How did the Robin get it's red breast? An Inuit legend...
A story told by Mary M. Alward
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An Inuit Tale
Long ago, in the cold North Land, there was only one fire. A man and his small boy were Keepers of the Fire. The man tended the fire at night. The boy watched over it during the day. One day, the man had to leave his home to go hunting. He would not be back until the next day.
“You will have to watch the fire all night,” he told his son. “Do not fall asleep, or the fire will go out.”
“I will stay awake,” the boy promised.
While the boy watched the fire, a large polar bear hid in the snow nearby.
“If the little boy goes to sleep, I will put the fire out,” said the polar bear. “Then all of the people will be so cold. They will have to leave the North Land. I will have it all to myself.”
Late in the night, the boy began to feel sleepy. “I must not go to sleep,” he told himself. “Father would be very angry if he came home and found I’d let the fire go out.”
Soon, the boy had fallen fast asleep. The bear ran to the fire and stomped it out with his great wet feet. He then returned to his home on the ice.
“Now, all the people will have to leave this land,” the polar bear said. “I will have all the fish I want to eat.”
Unknown to the polar bear, a robin had been watching his movements. The robin saw a red glow from the fire and realized that it was still burning. The robin flew down and fanned the fire with his wings. “Fire, please burn,” he said.
After a long while, the fire flamed brightly. It burned the feathers on the robin’s breast until they were bright red. The robin didn’t mind as long as the fire continued to burn.
“Now, I will carry fire to every home in the North Land,” the robin decided.
First, the robin woke the little boy, who was still fast asleep. Then, he flew away. Wherever the robin landed, a new fire began to burn. Soon, instead of one tiny fire in the North Land, there was a fire in every home.
When the polar bear saw all the fires, he was very angry. Now the North Land would never be his.
The people of the North Land never forgot how the gray robin got his red breast. They still call him Robin Redbreast to this day.
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius) striking a particularly upright pose, in Constitution Gardens, in Washington, DC.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
I often find myself neglecting to take photos of common species, I didn't have much time today but I wanted to get outside for atleast a little while. I figured it was a good time to get some photos of some common birds in the area. I went out in the yard and before long found this Robin, a bird that is familiar to just about everyone in North America as it is found nearly throughout the entire continent, infact some sources say it is the 2nd most abundant bird in North America (after the Red-Winged Blackbird). These birds are year long residents in this part of WI and I see them daily, especially during the warmer parts of the year, this is the first time I have tried to get a photo of one. The lighting isn't stellar but it'll do until I'm able to get a better one. Its about time I got a photo, as it is the state bird of Wisconsin which is the state I live in (its also the state bird of Michigan and Connecticut).
Extremely dark bird overall. Photo taken at the University of Idaho Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Moscow ID by Terry Gray on July 28, 2013.
A very cooperative fledgling in my yard. It stretched for a moment here, showing just how long its legs are.
Might this bird be an example of partial albinism? We saw this bird today while on the trails at Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center in Ghent, New York, USA. For this image, I used my manual focus Tamron Adaptall-2 Model 55BB SP 500mm f8 Mirror Lens and Tamron Adaptall-2 Pentax K M Mount on Pentax K20D Camera, hand held, manually focused, SR 500mm, ISO 400, f8, 1/180 sec, with available ambient light. This image was cropped in Picnik.