Spring Robin
by Anita Faye
Title
Spring Robin
Artist
Anita Faye
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital Art, Wildlife Art, Nature Art
Description
American Robin photograph enhanced with textured background. We'd come home from errands to find this beautiful male wondering the yard for worms. He didn't seem to mind much that he was the focus of photography.
Information from Wikipedia:
The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family. The American robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering from southern Canada to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. According to some sources, the American robin ranks behind only the red-winged blackbird (and just ahead of the introduced European starling and the not-always-naturally occurring house finch) as the most abundant extant land bird in North America.[4] It has seven subspecies, but only T. m. confinis of Baja California Sur is particularly distinctive, with pale gray-brown underparts.
The American robin is active mostly during the day and assembles in large flocks at night. Its diet consists of invertebrates (such as beetle grubs, earthworms, and caterpillars), fruits, and berries. It is one of the earliest bird species to lay eggs, beginning to breed shortly after returning to its summer range from its winter range. Its nest consists of long coarse grass, twigs, paper, and feathers, and is smeared with mud and often cushioned with grass or other soft materials. It is among the first birds to sing at dawn, and its song consists of several discrete units that are repeated.
The adult robin is preyed upon by hawks, cats, and larger snakes, but when feeding in flocks, it can be vigilant and watch other birds for reactions to predators. Brown-headed cowbirds lay eggs in robin nests (see brood parasite), but robins usually reject the cowbird eggs.
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March 24th, 2016
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Bill And Deb Hayes
Hi Anita: We revisited your gorgeous art once again and took a few minutes to slowly browse through a few pages. This image really got our attention, maybe because we are bird lovers and have many robins where we live or maybe simply because of the wonderful beauty you achieved with your amazing artistic abilities. Regardless you performed an OUTSTANDING work of art. VERY well done. BRAVO !! "L/F" Bill & Deb Hayes
Anita Faye replied:
Thank you so much Bill and Deb! They visit us in the springtime, not many stay in this area. I did see a couple of robins a few weeks ago, was surprised to see them ;)