{"id":73967,"date":"2020-09-21T05:40:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T11:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=73967"},"modified":"2025-05-26T05:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:20:41","slug":"american-robins-foraging-on-hawthorn-berries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/09\/21\/american-robins-foraging-on-hawthorn-berries\/","title":{"rendered":"American Robins Foraging On Hawthorn Berries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Robin perched on a gnarly old fence post \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

American Robins seemed especially abundant yesterday high in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> and I was happy to photograph them foraging on the ripe berries of a hawthorn.<\/p>\n

This robin had just chased another robin off and perched on an old fence post for a moment before it took off. There was heavy smoke from the western wildfires in the air so I adjusted my ISO to obtain high enough shutter speeds.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult American Robin perched near ripe hawthorn berries \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The settings in the rest of the photos are a little cluttered by the branches, leaves and ripe berries of the hawthorn that are close to, in front of and behind the robins. I don’t mind that at all. The tan color in the background is from the hillside behind the hawthorn that is covered in dried grasses.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Robin foraging for hawthorn berries \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the time the robins flew in to center of the hawthorn and were obscured by the leaves and branches but I kept my eyes on the birds and when they moved out into the open I was ready to photograph them.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Robin perched on a bare hawthorn branch \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

A few times the robins actually landed in the open where I had clear views of their red breasts, dark backs and I had great eye contact.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Robin and ripe hawthorn berries \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When the robins were out in the open they seemed to be enjoying the warmth of the rising sun and I can relate to that because I’d seen a low of 35\u00b0F early that morning in this location. Temps are really cooling down at night in the mountains but the day time temps are warm and comfortable.<\/p>\n

\"LateLate summer American Robin \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I know that I am always delighted to have American Robins in my viewfinder despite how abundant they are. They are striking, colorful, and interesting birds.<\/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

This eBird map shows how abundant American Robins are in North America.<\/p>\n

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American Robin sightings on eBird<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

American Robins seemed especially abundant yesterday high in the Wasatch Mountains and I was happy to photograph them foraging on the ripe berries of a hawthorn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[456,27,4594,26,773],"tags":[4004,2427,6605,6666,4897,3940,7298,6566,10302,5155,6871,4069,4104,7283,7297,6642,5199,2315,4881,30,4176],"class_list":["post-73967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-robins","category-avian","category-morgan-county","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-american-robin","tag-berries","tag-berry","tag-branch","tag-canyon","tag-crataegus-rivularis","tag-hawthorn","tag-hawthorns","tag-late-summer","tag-morgan-county","tag-mountains","tag-perched","tag-ripe","tag-river-hawthorn","tag-robin","tag-robins","tag-summer-3","tag-thrushes","tag-utah-2","tag-wasatch-mountains"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t