Oooooh, I like yer robin. Very nice color to all, warm light makes for some great texture and sharp details. Awesome set, shay!
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A couple of shots from the nature reserve outside Wexford Town;
Shay.
Hey Shay,
Nice set and that robin shot is outstanding.
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Me eithr, Greaper. It is a lovely image, but does not look like robins I am used to seeing. The belly is white. The images of a robin in Nat Audobon Soc Field Guide to N American Birds depicts a robin as a bird with a black head , an orange chest and a yellow beak.
Shay's image has an orange chest AND face, a white belly, and a black beak. It does not match the picture of an Eastern Bluebird either though. AT least the image is a LOT less orange than Shay's. I would be interested in hearing an ornithologists opinion about the species of this bird.
It does look like a juvenile and that maybe is what is confusing us. Still this is not a juvenile robin, they tend to be mottled brown.....
Me eithr, Greaper. It is a lovely image, but does not look like robins I am used to seeing. The belly is white. The images of a robin in Nat Audobon Soc Field Guide to N American Birds depicts a robin as a bird with a black head , an orange chest and a yellow beak.
Shay's image has an orange chest AND face, a white belly, and a black beak. It does not match the picture of an Eastern Bluegird either though. AT least the image is a LOT less orange than Shay's. I would be interested in hearing an ornithologists opinion about the species of this bird.
It does look like a juvenile and that maybe is what is confusing us. Still this is not a juvenile robin, they tend to be mottled brown.....
Collins Irish Birds by David Cabot page 27:
olive brown with a bright orange forehead, throat and breast. The picture on page 27 shows a robin with an orange forehead, throat and breast and a white belly, with a light blue border between the orange throat and brown plumage. The beak is dark. The juvenile robin have no orange tint and are speckled brown.
They are common in gardens, woodlands and hedgerow landscape with about 2 million breeding pairs.
I bought the book because I didn't know much about birds but the robins are two a penny here.
If anyone from the UK could chip in? there may be differences in colours between european and us birds?
olive brown with a bright orange forehead, throat and breast. The picture on page 27 shows a robin with an orange forehead, throat and breast and a white belly, with a light blue border between the orange throat and brown plumage. The beak is dark. The juvenile robin have no orange tint and are speckled brown.
They are common in gardens, woodlands and hedgerow landscape with about 2 million breeding pairs.
I bought the book because I didn't know much about birds but the robins are two a penny here.
If anyone from the UK could chip in? there may be differences in colours between european and us birds?
Shay.
Sounds like you are dead on there, Shay. I was not aware that there were differences in robins between N America and Ireland, but from your description and mine , I think that there may be differences. Your picture does match your description. Sorry for hijacking your thread, mate!
Robins are common here too - I have already seen dozens return to Indiana in the last few weeks.
Sounds like you are dead on there, Shay. I was not aware that there were differences in robins between N America and Ireland, but from your description and mine , I think that there may be differences. Your picture does match your description. Sorry for hijacking your thread, mate!
Robins are common here too - I have already seen dozens return to Indiana in the last few weeks.
I am the king of thread hijackers pf, no apology needed. It was an interesting discussion. I would like to see a pic of one of your robins if you get a chance.
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Nice set and that robin shot is outstanding.
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Shay.
thanks Angelo,
Shay.
looks like an eastern bluebird.
It could be the angle.
Thanks for sharing.
Tim
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Good luck
Shay.
Me eithr, Greaper. It is a lovely image, but does not look like robins I am used to seeing. The belly is white. The images of a robin in Nat Audobon Soc Field Guide to N American Birds depicts a robin as a bird with a black head , an orange chest and a yellow beak.
Shay's image has an orange chest AND face, a white belly, and a black beak. It does not match the picture of an Eastern Bluebird either though. AT least the image is a LOT less orange than Shay's. I would be interested in hearing an ornithologists opinion about the species of this bird.
It does look like a juvenile and that maybe is what is confusing us. Still this is not a juvenile robin, they tend to be mottled brown.....
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olive brown with a bright orange forehead, throat and breast. The picture on page 27 shows a robin with an orange forehead, throat and breast and a white belly, with a light blue border between the orange throat and brown plumage. The beak is dark. The juvenile robin have no orange tint and are speckled brown.
They are common in gardens, woodlands and hedgerow landscape with about 2 million breeding pairs.
I bought the book because I didn't know much about birds but the robins are two a penny here.
If anyone from the UK could chip in? there may be differences in colours between european and us birds?
Shay.
Sounds like you are dead on there, Shay. I was not aware that there were differences in robins between N America and Ireland, but from your description and mine , I think that there may be differences. Your picture does match your description. Sorry for hijacking your thread, mate!
Robins are common here too - I have already seen dozens return to Indiana in the last few weeks.
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Are US Robins different from ours then? Could someone post up a pic
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Shay.
Mystery solved