american robin

Well my BF friends, What started off to be a wet day yesterday, turned out to be a nice afternoon and early evening. A newbie for me in my gallery, such handsome birds.

A very rare leucistic American Robin. Photograph taken on 4/12/12.

I saw the Easter Robin hoppin' across the grass today! Another funny thing was that when it flew away it hid a tangle of branches on a White Birch tree, blending in very well.

American Robin in-flight. Had to uber crop this one. =D

That's a Robin exposed on a branch and not hidden behind the leaves or on the ground. ;)

Spring is here, the first Robin is here yippeeee!!!

Safely Hidden Undercover

See them in action at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CM4HcZk7F8

Back to the sigma and the new flock of Robins are staying high for awhile

till the robins migrate south, the leaves fall and ole man winter gives us a new coat of white. I like cycles, you can count on them.

Old one from my garden whilst living in Massachusetts.

I think birds actually enjoy this, though I'm sure they do it for some purpose.

This seems to be a common bathing place for many birds in the area.

The north side of Mount Davidson is basically temperate rainforest. Just this once that worked well for me (once it stopped raining), with thick foliage serving as my "hide" as I came along the trail and a bird posing, photogenically part-hidden, in a spot with decent light. Not the...

Not from this angle anyway ;)