Thursday, March 27, 2008

american robin

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Cheer-up, cheer-up! My garden workers are returning!

garden birds (Hortus Aves)

7 comments:

kathy said...

Yes he IS fat, isn't he. I was very excited to see him on my "lawn".

Many robins over winter in our area, and maybe he did, but they've been hanging out in flocks in the trees until now. This guy seems to be on his own (staking out his territory?) and listening for worms.

alec said...

what a plump, robust little bird he is! and so adorable! in my back yard i found 2 bluejays yesterday. i love the harbingers of spring.
-alec, at www.gardeningmisadventures.blogpspot.com

kathy said...

The funny thing was, he stayed in one place for a long time. 15 minutes. Listening for worms maybe? Watching me and my camera? as I was watching him/.....

Anonymous said...

A true sign of spring! I'm happy to see the robins have returned to southern Ontario, too.

Matron said...

Thank you for posting this photo! I posted one of a British robin a while ago and I was giggling at the fact that Julie Andrews had an American robin on her finger in 'Mary Poppins'.. in the middle of London! tee hee! They are both beautiful!

kathy said...

Hi Matron, I went right away to look at your robin as I am unfamiliar with European robins. A very cute bird. I had to look then up on Wikipedia, which says they are related more to flycatchers rather than our thrush family robins. Thanks!

kathy said...

Here's the link to Matron's cute little robin.