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A snip of Digital Challenges original, A Robin by WaterMiked Imaging
Don't forget to credit the original image, he own the original (C)
Waller County Park, Santa Barbara County, CA. October 11, 2008.
DSLRscoped using a Canon EOS 350D, Zeiss Diascope 85 T FL, Zeiss camera adapter, Canon remote switch.
This American robin had been perched on that branch while I took a few shots of it. Suddenly it flew off and created my best shot of the series.
American Robin © Steve Frye. Photo taken on the Flying Circus Birders of Boulder Walk on May 7, 2022.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) in a tree behind the Smithsonian Castle building, in Washington, DC.
When I got home tonight, I climbed up the ladder to photograph the baby robins and all of a sudden a flurry of feathers and wings were all about. One baby landed on my head and then flew off. One landed in the driveway, one on the porch. The parents exploded about me and I was sure the mother was going to attack me.
I climbed down from the ladder and every bird of any species within a half mile away had arrived to holler at me.
The racket woke up John, who had worked so hard today that he was asleep. He came down and we found two of the three chicks. He picked them up and put them back in the nest. We think the third is is the rafters of the porch but we will continue to check for it.
The babies are 1 week, 4.5 days old today.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) taking a bath in a puddle at Somerset Lake, Chester county, Pennsylvania, USA.
Yesterday when we came back to the house, we saw a big black bird on top of the roof eating something. and a robin really chirping a lot. I think this black bird took one of the eggs and ate it. It was eating something on top of the roof. photo taken in New Jersey (south)
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American Robin
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Turdus migratorius
I am glad to see the chicks growing quickly. Until the first brood fledges, the adults attack their reflection in our windows, sliding doors, and even glossy ceramic flower pots. It won't be long before I can clean up the whitewash.
Robins nested at our house this spring ( as did Spotted Towhee and Mountain Chickadee ), and here's a shot of one of the young cuties!
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. Size & Shape
American Robins are fairly large songbirds with a large, round body, long legs, and fairly long tail. Robins are the largest North American thrushes, and their profile offers a good chance to learn the basic shape of most thrushes. Robins make a good reference point for comparing the size and shape of other birds, too.
Color Pattern
American Robins are gray-brown birds with warm orange underparts and dark heads. In flight, a white patch on the lower belly and under the tail can be conspicuous. Compared with males, females have paler heads that contrast less with the gray back.
Behavior
American Robins are industrious and authoritarian birds that bound across lawns or stand erect, beak tilted upward, to survey their environs. When alighting they habitually flick their tails downward several times. In fall and winter they form large flocks and gather in trees to roost or eat berries.
Habitat
American Robins are common across the continent in gardens, parks, yards, golf courses, fields, pastures, tundra, as well as deciduous woodlands, pine forests, shrublands, and forests regenerating after fires or logging. Photo by JPM Lamontagne
American Robin Turdus migratorius on a lawn on the University of California, Berkeley Campus. Taken by a Nikon D40x with a Sigma 70-300 DG non-APO macro lens. (at 300) Cropped
American Robin © Eileen Rutherford. Photo taken on the Flying Circus Birders of Boulder Walk on June 20, 2020.
American Robin © Steve Frye. Photo taken on the Flying Circus Birders of Boulder Walk on April 11, 2020.
Momma Robin wasn't sure she could safely feed her baby with me nearby. As she perched on this ledge, two sparrows landed and said something like, "If you're not going to eat that lovely worm, we will!"
Scientific Name: Turdus migratorius
Wikipedia:
The 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, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the flycatcher family. The American Robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering south of Canada from Florida to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. It has seven subspecies, but only T. m. confinis in the southwest is particularly distinctive, with pale gray-brown underparts.
The American Robin is active mostly during the day and assembles in large flocks at night. Its diet consists of invertebrates (such as beetle grubs, earthworms, and caterpillars), fruits and berries. It is one of the earliest bird species to lay eggs, beginning to breed shortly after returning to its summer range from its winter range. Its nest consists of long coarse grass, twigs, paper, and feathers, and is smeared with mud and often cushioned with grass or other soft materials. It is among the first birds to sing at dawn, and its song consists of several discrete units that are repeated.
The adult robin is preyed upon by hawks, cats and larger snakes, but when feeding in flocks, it can be vigilant and watch other birds for reactions to predators. Brown-headed Cowbirds lay eggs in robin nests (see brood parasite), but robins usually reject the cowbird eggs.
American Robin Turdus migratorius on a lawn on the University of California, Berkeley campus. Taken by a Nikon D40x with a Sigma 70-300 DG non-APO macro lens (at 300)
American Robin © Eileen Rutherford. Photo taken on the Flying Circus Birders of Boulder Walk on May 22, 2021.
Nest of the American Robin, built with grass and fine sticks, and reinforced in the base with mud lining.