{"id":123309,"date":"2024-03-10T04:13:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T10:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=123309"},"modified":"2025-05-08T07:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:38:07","slug":"american-robin-on-a-sunny-march-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/03\/10\/american-robin-on-a-sunny-march-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"American Robin On A Sunny March Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the first American Robin that I have photographed in local crabapple trees all winter long. Usually, by March, the crabapples are eaten and long gone.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Robin on a sunny March morning \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/640, ISO 500, +1.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Winter has been extremely mild in the Salt Lake Valley this year. Typically I look for the robins, waxwings, and finches in the crabapple trees in February. That is when they eat the fruit to get through the coldest part of the winter.<\/p>\n

The ripened crabapples are still hanging on the trees. The birds haven’t needed them to get through the winter this year.<\/p>\n

This American Robin wasn’t eating the crabapples when I took this photo. I simply caught the robin taking a short break before it flew off to the grassy field to the east. I saw earthworms crawling across the sidewalk in late February, which was pretty weird.<\/p>\n

It has been a very strange winter.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> 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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