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Juvenile Sunbathing ~ American Robin ~ Turdus migratorius ~ Merle d'Amerique ~ My yard in Sparta, NJ
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Rufous-bellied Thrush ~ Turdus rufiventris ~ Merle à ventre roux ~ Zorzal colorado ~ Bosques de Palermo ~ Palermo Woods ~ Buenos Aires, Argentina
American Robin with a beakful - doesn't it look yummy?
Photographed Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Washington | May 2011.
This is a picture of a Turdus migratorius at the Avalon Area of Patapsco Valley State Park in Howard County, Maryland.
Relay Quad
This tug o' war didn't last long. A female American Robin yanks an earthworm from the ground at the edge of a mud puddle. Moments later she washed it down with a drink of mud puddle water, which I believe is the correct beverage choice for the occasion. "Robin pulling worm" is a common sight, but a surprisingly difficult image to capture. Spiders were also on the menu (photos to follow). Outskirts of Val Marie, Saskatchewan.
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Drawn by a strange rustle in the bushes along the trail, we found this little guy peeking from within thick foliage about a foot off the ground. He seemed frightened so only took a couple of quick shots then moved away. Wildlife experts advise leaving lost babes like this young robin in the care of their parents but it was hard to leave him there. Hope he'll be okay.
Robins were everywhere today and I took quite a few shots of them, although the light was very poor :( I liked this shot because of the rusty bridge in the background.
Etobicoke Creek, Ontario, Canada
One afternoon, during a crisis which will be revealed in a couple of days, for the first time I saw both of the parents together. In the beginning of this photo adventure, I assumed the adult bird feeding the babies was the mother, until one of my contacts commented, "What a good dad!" Since this contact is an extremely knowledgeable person, a scientist, actually, I began to re-think my assumption, and perused the internet for information on how to tell apart male and female Robins. I'm still not sure, really, but I think the bird on the left is the male. Furthermore, I think the bird on the left more closely resembles the parent in the photos feeding the babies and cleaning up the poop, meaning it was the dad on duty when I was taking the photographs.
However, recently that same erudite contact called the attending parent "Mom," so I am pretty much totally confused at this point. If you are still with me here, and if you're interested, here are a couple of links to sites about Robins that help to explain or show the differences in the sexes. Good luck.
An apparent flock of migrating Robins stopped at my house recently. There were about a dozen birds in the group. They all took a turn at the fountain for drinks, and several took a quick bath. It was quite a sight.
However these two had some issues, or should I say the one on the right. It was constantly picking on the other bird, which was also the fattest Robin I had ever seen. Every time the bird took a drink, or jumped in to bathe, the other one would make angry gestures at it, or physically drive it off the fountain.
The birds stayed in the yard about 15 minutes, picking at the lawn, in the weeds, etc., for food before moving on as a group.
Robins have been congregating in huge flocks lately.
En los últimos días los mirlos primavera se han estado reuniendo en bandadas enormes.
Derby Pond, Whatcom Falls Park, Bellingham, WA.
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Two days after the babies left their nest, I was worried about how they were doing. I saw the parents were still collecting worms in the backyard so I watched where they were going with the worms, and look what I found!
Here are a couple of really good links for information about Robins and other backyard birds:
Two young American robins in a tree, occasionally fighting over berries, waiting for their parents to bring them some protein. Sibling squabbles aren't just a human thing.
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NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR
Hardy Falls Regional Park
Peachland, BC
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A male American robin out and about in my front yard
Camera Used: Canon EOS Rebel T1i
Lens Used: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM lens
A female American Robin taking a drink from a mud puddle. Mud puddle water goes very well with earthworms. Seriously, I waited by this puddle for an hour in the late afternoon and it was visited in turn by robins, goldfinches, mourning doves, kingbirds, and starlings. I felt like I was at an African waterhole waiting for lions and zebras. What fun! Nature on a small scale, like this, is just as interesting to me as bears in the Rockies. Outskirts of Val Marie, Saskatchewan.
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American Robin: (Turdus migratorius)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Robin
Photograph taken at Gateway Park in Montgomery, Alabama: February 02, 2010