CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A ROBIN

Published on May 21, 2015May 21, 2015 by Rolling Harbour

This young robin assisted me while I was gardening by encouraging me to turn more soil for his benefit. He was mostly within arm- or foot-length, and when we got tangled he flew to the edge of the garden rubbish bag. It was there that noticed the intricacy of his feathers, and so I took advantage of a bird’s eye view, so to speak. Click an image twice for a full-scale close-up.

5 thoughts on “CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A ROBIN”

Dina says:

May 21, 2015 at 9:51 pm

Lovely photos, RH. The Robins are the most delight- and cheerful companions in the garden. 🙂 Wonderful post!

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1. Rolling Harbour says:
  
  May 25, 2015 at 7:58 pm
  
  Thanks Dina. And it’s easy to forget how varied and intricate their spring song is – though they do tend to belt it out! RH
  
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afrenchgarden says:

May 22, 2015 at 9:50 am

Beautiful photographs. I have found that the robins in the U.K. are much more into gardening with humans than the robins over here. Amelia

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1. Rolling Harbour says:
  
  May 22, 2015 at 11:40 am
  
  I was amazed by the intricacy of the feathers when I zoomed on computer. I’d never really thought about their feathers before. And their gardening? Maybe because they are frenchly standoffish. Or they’d much prefer to be called robin than rouge-gorge?
  
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  1. afrenchgarden says:
    
    May 22, 2015 at 6:40 pm
    
    Birds do benefit from being seen close-up to see their feathers and colours properly.
    
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