A juvenile American robin
September 5, 2024
Tag: Robin
Fall feeding frenzy in my backyard
October 3, 2019
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 […]
One of the at least three families of stellar jays that live in the cedar trees at my house is bolder and smarter than the rest. Or maybe it’s a “point bird.” If I go out with a bag of seeds to refill the feeder, there is the harsh call of the stellar jay […]
Fledglings’ first flight
June 17, 2011
Sometimes the photos come to you. Be prepared. I have my Sony Alpha 850 with the Sigma 170-500mm on the dining room table to shoot the birds that come to my feeder. It had been a slow week at the feeder On Wednesday morning, a fledgling robin suddenly lands on my back deck, and not […]
A Barrow’s Goldeneye duck swims in the Houston, BC, Duck Pond, May 7, 2011. (Robin Rowland) One of the reasons I decided to return to northwestern British Columbia is that this area is an untapped photographic paradise. It’s not just the mountains, the forests and the seas, the variety of birds should be a draw […]