{"id":101389,"date":"2022-04-05T05:17:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T11:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=101389"},"modified":"2023-01-28T06:32:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T13:32:29","slug":"spring-american-robin-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/04\/05\/spring-american-robin-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring American Robin Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Robin standing on a curb \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning I spent a few minutes taking American Robin photos as they foraged for crabapples at an urban park close to home in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

Typically the robins feast on the crabapples here in the winter during the month of February but the past two winters they haven’t. Perhaps that is because the winters have been mild and there hasn’t been much snow on the ground in February or March which means the robins have been able to find other foods more easily.<\/p>\n

In this photo some of the shriveled crabapples can be seen near the robin on the curb and in the grasses.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult American Robin back view \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I have been watching the crabapple trees though and in the past week I have seen American Robins and European Starlings feasting on the fallen crabapples and the fruit that is still hanging on the trees.<\/p>\n

\"SpringSpring American Robin adult \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning there were clouds quickly moving into the Salt Lake Valley so I decided to photograph urban birds close to home and that included these American Robins as they searched for the crabapples in grasses that have begun to green up.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Robin walking in spring grasses \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

American Robins are year round residents in northern Utah. I am seeing more of these colorful thrushes now that temperatures have started to warm up. They may be abundant across North America but they will always hold a special spot in my heart. Read why here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This time of the year American Robins start to sing in the wee hours of the morning. I can barely wait until it is warm enough that I can open my windows and listen to them sing<\/span><\/a> their dawn songs before the sun comes up.<\/p>\n

This morning though it is spitting rain and snow as I write so my windows are closed.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Robin in an urban park \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I didn’t stay with American Robins as long as I would have liked to. Also, I didn’t get the photos I would have preferred taking and I missed out on photographing the robin I found perched in one of the crabapple trees in sweet morning light. But I am glad that I had a few minutes with these robins in my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my American Robin photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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