Imagine looking out on your lawn and seeing a youngster like this. This week I did just that. Except there wasn’t one immature robin, or even two or three. I looked out the windows of the house and counted at least five–five dozen that is. Last week I counted over six dozen. That’s right! More than 72 immature robins. Have you every seen anything like that? I hadn’t before this summer. They show up about an hour before sunset and they go bob, bob, bobbing around the yard. Then as dusk begins to settle they disappear.
I tried to take pictures for you, but as soon as I get near a window, they begin to fly away. I did manage to get a couple of quick shots, but my hand tremors were so bad that all the images were too blurry to be of any use. .
lucky you to see such a sight! I like Pricilla's comment…… you must have a lot of worms. 🙂 but now you don't.
Robins are very fun birds. They're the one kind I can depend on to be around so I can get a few pictures. They like to dig around the ground in the forest very early in the morning right before daylight. They can be kind of scary in there if you don't know what's making all of those rustling sounds.
Fantastic. You must have a lot of worms
Sad to say, I have only ever seen a single robin at a time. You're so lucky.
Wow- a teenage groupie thing. Who was the rock star?
Have you considered putting the camera on your tripod near the edge of a window? Then you could sneak up out of sight and click the shutter. That must really be a sight. I've never seen that many robins in one place. Immature or otherwise.
Do you remember the year we had a robin's nest on the kitchen windowsill?
WOW, that's a bumper crop of Robins for certain!
Maybe you need to cut down of caffeine.(jk) My hubby does that some, too. He has for years and years.
The birds are migrating… ? Already? Eeep!! I don't have my heating system installed yet!
I love birds. Cardinals are my favorite, robins are a close second. It must have been a wonderful sight to see!
Don't feel bad about your hand tremors. I'm only 40+ and I shake when I hold the camera, too. I've gotta get a tripod for the thing!
Watch it! I think you are experiencing the Invasion of the Turdus Migratorius.
We always see some of these youngsters, but six dozen? Wow.