This Robin was absolutely certain I was going to give it some feed, did nothing but pose on different bushes for me. The Robins (and Blue Tits) at Middleton are so dependent on hand outs even at this time of year.

Taken with my Fuji XT50 & Tamron 150-500mm, ƒ/10 1/4000 500mm ISO5000. First time with a bit of post polish from NIK Collection, quite fun to play with.

Bonus fat Robin

  • Tempus Fugit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Fun fact, their robin isn’t really even a cousin to ours. Their robin is in the Muscicapidae family. Alaska has two species in that family and that’s pretty much it for the US. Our robin is a thrush in the Turdidae family. You know that song “Blackbird” by the Beatles? It’s about the civil rights movement, but also loosely about the European common blackbird which is a cousin to our robin.

    • Typotyper@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      “European common blackbird”

      Like a rusty blackbird or crow?

      We don’t have many small all black birds up here in Ontario. A Grackle is the only one that comes to mind. I just saw my first rusty blackbird last weekend as it was migrating through.

      • Tempus Fugit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        You guys probably get red-winged blackbirds too. They’re a cousin of the grackles. You might also get Baltimore orioles, also Icterids. The rusty blackbird is also an Icterid.

        This is the European common blackbird. Not my photo. You can tell just by looking at them they’re related to our robin.

        • Typotyper@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          We get all of those, except the blackbird.

          Bird migration is in full swing. The warblers are coming. First few have arrived. My favorite time of the year.

          I was lucky last year with the Orioles, Tanager and the wax wings. Some smaller guys too.

          • Tempus Fugit@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            3 days ago

            These photos are really good. You should post them here for us all to see. We’ve seen a ton of warblers over the last few weeks too. Some stuff is still migrating, but most of the more common birds are back.

            • Typotyper@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              3 days ago

              I’m up on the north shore of Lake Ontario. They will come and be gone in a month. Some stay but many pass on to the north.

              • Tempus Fugit@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                3 days ago

                Same here. Some move through North to Canada. Again, these are really great photos. Thanks for sharing. I really want to get a waxwing.

                • Typotyper@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  2·
                  3 days ago

                  Thanks for the compliments. I don’t share many photos.

                  Wax wings travel in packs. We’d see 5-6 grouped together. Years ago i had some type of cherry tree which would attract them. I didn’t spend as much time as I should have when they visited. Sadly such is youth.

                  • Tempus Fugit@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    2·
                    3 days ago

                    Well if you ever decide to share your photos I know this community would love to see them. Thanks again.