My Favourite Garden Bird, a photo from Lancashire, England

Photographer's Note

Hello Everyone,

This little guy was having an individual feast of nuts.
Of course, it is a robin, my favourite little garden bird.

You can see his bright red breast, although it could have been her bright red breast as the male and females look alike.

However, the young robins have plumage nothing like the adults; they are very well camouflaged.
See my w/s to observe a teenage robin!

My warm regards, Bev :-)

pierrefonds, Fis2, jhm, PaulVDV, pajaran, aliabazari, jemaflor, COSTANTINO, ikeharel, adramad has marked this note useful

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lousat (139890) 2022-05-01 9:17

HI Bev,a guest of your garden surely lucky to have so much free food available without effort, the capture of the robin is excellent despite the distance and the difficult light. This year I have a blackbird that has made its nest in the square, I got used to it by giving it some chips that I put on the sidewalk outside the bar, and when there aren't any, it walks into the bar, looks at me and protests, it has become the mascot of my clients..ehehe .. and in fact the bird in the WS seems a young blackbird but i'm not sure. Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

holmertz (103510) 2022-05-01 9:26

Hello Bev,
At a quick glance I could have taken this for a chaffinch, which used to be my favourite local bird in my childhood's countryside. I don't see them very often in the city. You captured this one with fine sharpness and colours from a good angle without disturbing its dinner. The young one in the WS is really very different, but that's also a good photo in rather odd surroundings.
Kind regards,
Gert

pierrefonds (115384) 2022-05-01 9:35

Hi Bev,

The bird is well placed in the frame. The point of view is showing the details of the Robin. The light is giving good colors output. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Fis2 (171763) 2022-05-01 9:56

Witaj Bev!
A very nice photos.
The robin makes impression.
Good framing, colors and light.
I also have robins in my garden.
Well done.
Good evening.
Krzysztof

Silvio1953 (222721) 2022-05-01 11:16

Ciao cara Bev, great capture of lovely bird in nice pose, splendid sharpness, fine details and wonderful natural colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

PaulVDV (63402) 2022-05-01 14:45

Hello Beverley,
I seem to remember seeing the spotted plumage of a young robin in an earlier photo of yours. It is indeed remarkable that the young animals do not yet have red feathers.
The red plumes of the robin in your main photo extend all the way above and behind the eyes, which still happens, of course, but not always.
It apparently has a great choice of food on the food shelf.
The sweet bird has found a true feast.
Best regards, Paul

aliabazari (23097) 2022-05-01 22:46

Hi Beverley
Beautiful portrait of this little bird. Clarity and exposure done well. Beautiful and lovely shot. Thanks for sharing

jemaflor (148072) 2022-05-01 23:10

Hi Bev,
Well taken this famous robin bird, good management for the sharpness, good colors, very friendly species that seems to seek company and our presence in our gardens...

COSTANTINO (117616) 2022-05-01 23:25

Hello dear Beverley and have a nice day
and a happy new month May 2022
hello my sweet little bird!!!
a bird like this one is visiting
my balcony every spring!!!
of course this is not the same one
but I like its presence every year
regards
Costantino

Tue (93280) 2022-05-02 6:16

Hello Beverley,
Robins are such charming little birds indeed and you captured this little fellow so well. Excellent and sharp close-up, very well done
Lars

ahmet54 (3600) 2022-05-02 8:14

Hi Beverly,
I just mentioned, that you keep this bird in your family name. I like it also very much. It is singing so sweet. Tweet, tweet, tweedle dee. And it is nice. Well captured.
Kind regards
Roland

mkamionka (75009) 2022-05-02 11:01

Hi Bev,
Yes I like robins too :)
There is one coming to my garden.
I don't this seeing that many robins when I was young in Poland but maybe I am just a better observer now, better trained to see birds.
Lovely capture,
M

jmdias (116287) 2022-05-02 11:46

bev

a nice double view of these birds so usual in UK, curious as the baby is so different of the adults, looks like another specie if we don't know. nice details of the animals.

take care

jorge

GyurMaster (24980) 2022-05-02 13:33

Dear Beverley,

I can understand why you call it your favourite garden bird. In Hungary they are rare visitors in gardens - except for harsh winters - and they are really spectacular. This photo is really well-taken. :)

Best Wishes,
Gy.

pajaran (116885) 2022-05-02 13:34

Pozdrav.

Lep pogled i trenutak, dobar tekst ...
Lepa ptica, dobro pokazana sa lepim bojama, kontrastom i ulovljenim trenutkom.
Dobar rad sa fotografijom u radionici.
Ptica uziva u doroj hrani koju ste joj dali.

Zelim vam lepu i moirnu noc, sve najbolje u novoj nedelji koja je pocela.
Paja

adramad (73374) 2022-05-10 10:20

Hi Bev.
How beautiful this little bird is, it has a nice plumage highlighting the red of the breast, it seems as if it was thinking of starting to eat that delicacy that you have provided, the other one that you show in the WS is so different that I would have thought it was not a robin , but your note explains it very well.
A magnificent range of colors, which gives an attractive color scheme.
Very good management of luminosity, as well as the sharpness of the image.
A good job, with which we enjoy. I love it.
Have a great day.
Very best regards.
Luis.

P.S. Well, after the pandemic I was anxious to travel again and I have taken advantage of these short eight-day trips.

ikeharel (114409) 2022-08-01 2:16

Hello Beverley,
Another Robin to your collection of a charming bird.
It was so busy with the nuts, couldn't care who was looking at him...
Beautiful captured moment.
Have a nice new week,
Ike

*** There are several animals and birds in the Pelican reservation - but we saw only few egrets and many flying inscets, but no other's. Thanks.