Adult American Robin with a crabapple in snow – Nikon D500, f8, 1/2500, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
Monday there might be snow on the ground and even though I don’t like having to scrape that white stuff off of my Jeep I am actually looking forward to photographing birds in the snow, close to home and out in the field. During the winter when road conditions get bad enough to make me think about my personal safety driving on the interstate and other roads I enjoy being able to photograph urban birds much closer to home. After all, birds are everywhere all the time and it doesn’t matter to me where I photograph them. In my mind and through my lens, birds are birds.
In Utah we have American Robins year round and during the winter I can photograph them in the city within just a few minutes when they are eating frozen crabapples on the ground and in the trees. Those frozen fruits can sustain them even during our coldest weather.
I wish the city would get rid of all the beautiful but awful Bradford Pear trees they have planted and plant other trees with fruits that the birds actually eat.
If it does snow next week I know that I am going to be looking for some urban birds to photograph.
Life is good.
Mia
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American Robins are one of my favorite birds, they are harbinger of spring. Thank you for the photos!
To my eye that is a perfect photo … and such a beautiful Robin.
Good that you are staying close to home. I haven’t seen a Robin in decades. Looking forward to seeing more!
Have to say the fires in Australia are damaging the wildlife. A baby Koala that was caught in the fire made the news. Very sad.
Yay, comments are back.
Thank you (so much) for this cooling image.
Substantial parts of Australia continue to burn (literally and figuratively).
I hope your urban birds co-operate.
Thanks for letting me know that WordPress had somehow automatically removed the comment box today EC!
I have hated seeing news on the fires in Australia. I have been to some of the areas that have had fires and I feel so horribly for everyone affected and for the wildlife too. And still people deny our climate crisis…