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Posts Tagged “American robin”

Birds in the nearby forest

Birds in the nearby forest

I usually take a morning walk through a forest park near my house. We had the first major frost this morning, and so the resident birds, steller’s jays, American robins and juncos were very active.

A steller jay in an old tree. (Robin Rowland)

A steller jay  explores through the cover of grass. (Robin Rowland)

A steller jay peeks through the cover of grass. (Robin Rowland)

An American robin in a forest mountain ash tree. (Robin Rowland)

An American robin in a forest mountain ash tree. (Robin Rowland)

An Oregon junco hides in the underbrush. (Robin Rowland)

October 9, 2019 Robin Rowland
birds, Kitimat, Photography, robin, Sony RX10iii, steller's jayAmerican robin , Bird , Bird photography , birds , British Columbia , forest , Kitimat , photoblog , steller's jay

Fall feeding frenzy in my backyard

Fall feeding frenzy in my backyard

I looked out into my back garden on the morning of October 2, 2019 to see more flocks of birds flying around in an early October downpour. Far more birds than I expected. It is bear season and there are more black bears around town than usual, which means my feeders are currently empty. No matter, the birds were concentrating on a mountain ash tree in the backyard.

In less than a hour I visited by a raven, a varied thrush, a northern flicker, steller jays, juncos and too many robins to count. I managed to get good photographs of the robins, the raven, the northern flicker and the varied thrush. I had no luck capturing the juncos and steller jays. I didn’t see any sparrows.

A robin grabs a mountain ash berry. (Robin Rowland)

I used two cameras for this shoot. I normally keep an older Sony Alpha 55 with a Tamron 70-300 lens on my dining room table all the time to shoot birds in the garden. Once I realized that the feeding was going to continue for a while I grabbed my Sony RX10-iii which has a 24 to 600 lens.

The raven (Robin Rowland)

American robin at the top of the mountain ash (Robin Rowland)

A robin grabs a berry from the top of the mountain ash. (Robin Rowland)

A pair of robins at the top of the mountain ash (Robin Rowland)

Varied thrush. (Robin Rowland)

A robin perches in the mountain ash. (Robin Rowland)

This morning the garden was quiet, so it looks like that for some reason, the gathering only happened yesterday,

October 3, 2019 Robin Rowland
Alpha 55, garden, nature, Photoblog, Photography, raven, robinAmerican robin , Bird photography , birds , fall , mountain ash , Northern Flicker , rain , raven , Robin , varied thrush

Beyond reach

An American robin reaches for berries on a tree in Kitimat, BC, March 23, 2019. (Robin Rowland)

Today is the first day the snow has melted enough that I could go for a walk in the play bush near my home. An American robin was  on a tree branch and kept stretching its neck to try to get berries that were just beyond reach.   After numerous tries, it finally realized it was a futile effort and flew off another branch where the picking was easier.

March 23, 2019 Robin Rowland
BC, birds, robin, Sony RX10iii, springAmerican robin , Bird , Bird photography , birds , British Columbia , Kitimat

A soggy day in Kitimat harbour as the spring migration comes north

On Thursday, April 19, was a soggy, to say the least, with wind-driven, cold, pouring rain when I went down to Kitamaat Village and Kitimat harbour to photograph the spring bird migration.  The highlight were the snow geese I saw both at MK Bay  (above) and at the Kitamaat Village soccer field. (Robin Rowland)

A bald eagle, drenched in the pouring rain, at the mouth of Whatl Creek near MK Bay Marina. (Robin Rowland)

A crow takes off from the sea grass in pouring rain near Kitamaat Village. (Robin Rowland)

Snow geese feed at the Kitamaat Village soccer field (Robin Rowland)

A snow goose at the Kitamaat Village soccer field. (Robin Rowland)

Snow geese fly past MK Bay. (Robin Rowland)

An Oregon junco on the waterfront. (Robin Rowland)

Mallards take to the wing as a bald eagle passes overhead (Robin Rowland)

 

A gull passes two bald eagles in the low tide puddles of Whatl Creek near Kitimat Harbour (Robin Rowland)

Two bald eagles in the low tide puddles of Whatl Creek near Kitimat Harbour (Robin Rowland)


Raindrops fall on the head of an American robin who posed on a log beside my car just as I was getting ready to leave. (Robin Rowland)

 

April 25, 2018 Robin Rowland
Alpha 77, BC, birds, crow, duck, eagle, Kitimat, Minolta 500mm f/8 RF mirror lens, Photoblog, Photography, rain, springAmerican robin , bald eagle , Bird , Bird photography , birds , goose , junco , Kitamaat Village , Kitimat , photoblog , rain , snow goose , storm , Wahtl Creek

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