Demanding Twits

1/200 sec. f/9 ISO 800

American Robins
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The Hangover

1/1000 sec. f/9 ISO 4000

Sometimes Mondays just really suck.
American Robin

Sunlit

1/125 sec. f/9 ISO 800

American Robin

Feed Me!

1/500 sec. f/7.1 ISO 200

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Worm Sushi

1/500 sec. f/7.1 ISO 200

Contemplative

1/320 sec. f/6.3 ISO 400

The Early Bird Gets...

1/250 sec. f/8 ISO 500

The Holdouts

What's left of the wild fruit and robin holdouts will soon be gone for the winter. I haven't seen robins in the yard for weeks, but I saw large flocks of them at the lake recently, including this one. I don't know if they were migrating through or just taking advantage of some remaining food source. Either way, it means the cold is here. And I like it.

1/500 sec. f/10 ISO 400

Linking to Weekly Top Shot and I'd Rather B Birdin'

Robins, Robins, Robins

Robins are the quintessential springtime bird and they began showing up here in numbers back in late February. I'm sure the very mild winter played a part in their earlier-than-usual arrival. Now they're everywhere! I sat out on the patio one evening and watched the bird equivalent of an MMA fight between two robins. And they're pulling earthworms out of my lawn faster than I can grow 'em. Robins are very common and often ignored in favor of flashier birds, but fun to watch when they hunt for worms.

I'm sure they're just glad not to be dealing with this any longer.

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Warm Weather Wings

Our weather was very nice yesterday with the temperature hitting the mid-60's. I took advantage of it to shoot a project, but during the course of shooting those photos, I came across a variety of birds. The robins were everywhere and I also saw a lot of cardinals. The hawk in the last photo was the one bird I really wanted to photograph, but I couldn't begin to get close enough for decent shots. I took that photo at 500mm and it was as close as I got. The hawk was gone before I could close the distance.

Robin

Grackle

Cardinal (male)

Red-winged Blackbird (male)

House Sparrows

Robin

Starling

Unknown hawk

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