Saturday, November 5, 2022

Attracting my Attention

 

The robins are back at my place again.  I was photographing them when a neighbor stopped to tell me that he enjoys seeing the robins too.  He told me that someone told him that their diet is a little different than it is in the midwest and that's what causes their breast feathers to not be quite as red as they are back east.  I don't know if that's true but I suppose it's possible.  

While I was photographing the robins, I began to hear a tapping sound coming from close by.  It took me a while to find this Gila Woodpecker but I finally spotted him pecking away on the side of a palm tree.  The birds were vying for my attention on this day.  

9 comments:

  1. Lucky you Sharon. You photographed two of the best. ~(‾▿‾)~

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  2. Looking for birds is as much about hearing as seeing

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  3. There are still some robins here and I think these are the ones who will stay for the winter although the temps here this week have been like spring.

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  4. Maybe the robins are evolving into a southwestern subspecies. I think that happens with some regional bird populations -- they begin to look just a little different and more in tune with the local environment. Evolution happens fairly quickly!

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  5. I love robins too. Hard to spot one.

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