Great Lakes region, USA. March 2026.
Oly E-M1 @ 270mm, f/8, 1/125s, ISO 250.
Edited in darktable.
I was on my way back home when this orange breast caught my eye. This robin let me get right up on him. He was a little leary, but had higher priorities. Food must have been hard to come by over the last few days. Our ice storm encased everything in a thick transparent glass. Luckily these bittersweet nightshade berries were ripe for the taking.
Fun fact: estimates put the American robin population near 370 million.
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Ah, forgot this one.
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Incredible photos! I鈥檓 glad you鈥檙e a regular poster here!
Thank you. I love posting here and seeing what others post. This little glutton was all over these berries. I snapped quite a few decent shots. Unfortunately the background is crappy or these could have been really good.
American robins seem to be fatter and gaudier than their European counterparts. Just saying.
They鈥檙e just like us.
Nice. No sign of them here yet.
Soon enough I鈥檓 sure. I went out again yesterday and legitimately saw around a hundred of them. We鈥檙e lousy with robins, red-winged blackbirds, and starlings right now.
We still have a meter and a half of snow on the ground. They usually don鈥檛 get here until it starts to melt.
Nice pics! We鈥檝e started seeing (and hearing!) these guys in Ontario as well.