Monday, October 13, 2008

A Robin's Feast: for Ruby Tuesday


I saw an American Robin in our feeder area and going to our garden room to tell of its appearance, the Robin turned the corner of the house and landed in the Mountain Ash tree right in front of us; and I immed- iately thought of Ruby Tuesday as I watched it start to eat the red berries! WOW ... wonderful , oh wonderful!
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46 comments:

Kingsdowner said...

Great colour combination!

Ruth's Photo Blog said...

Perfect picture,with the berry in mid air.I love the Robin amongst the berries.

Barbara said...

WOW - well captured!

Mike said...

Great shots, love the first pic with the berry in mid air.

Anonymous said...

Superb shot!

Paz

Felisol said...

Great Robin & Berries shot.Never knew the Ash had berries though. I live, blog & learn.
Thank you.
From Felisol

Anonymous said...

Suddenly it's Christmas for the Robin! Nice zoom on the pictures!

My RT entries are posted here and here. Happy Tuesday!

Anonymous said...

Wow, Ann - what a spectacular capture. Bravo! (And Happy Ruby Tuesday.)

Rambling Woods said...

I haven't seen a robin in months. Do you belong to the PFW e-mail list? There are some very nice people on it..

Ralph said...

The red berries are quite ruby, indeed. Although the breast on this robin has more of a deep ruby color instead of the more usual burnt orange. Maybe its the sky?

maryt/theteach said...

Yes, indeed, wonderful, oh wonderful! Happy Ruby Tuesday!

♥peachkins♥ said...

WOW! Nice photo....

Here's mine:
Chips and Salsa and
Shabu-shabu on the go

Happy Ruby Tuesday!!

marcia@joyismygoal said...

QWhat a great catch I love the berry in beak shot

DrillerAA said...

These shots are indeed perfect for a Ruby Tuesday.

Dora said...

2nd pic: Perfect timing!

Unknown said...

You take wonderful outdoor photos! Perhaps you could ocaissonally describe how you take your photos for those of us photographically handicapped! What is the tree the robin is in?

RW said...

What a capture! Awesome RT!! :D

Raven said...

Wonderful shots. For some reason it reminds me of a year eternities ago when I was in my teens and we had cedar waxwings (rare visitors) who got a touch tipsy on berries from (I think) a "firethorn" bush. Don't know why this beautiful robin shot reminded me of it, but it did.

~Just Me Miranda~ said...

What a cool shot, it almost looks like a painting.

Anonymous said...

Just stunning. I love these photos. Thanks for two great shots. Perfect Ruby Tuesday post.

Gemma Wiseman said...

The first is an enchanting photo and the 2nd looks like a romantic painting of the first one! Beautiful!

Kerri Farley said...

Wow! These are gorgeous! To see the robin eating the berries is AWESOME! Great work and Perfect for Ruby Tuesday!!

EG CameraGirl said...

The robins are crazy for the mountain ash berries this time of year!

Anonymous said...

Oh, WoW! These are wonderful - that mid-air berry in the first one is incredible.

bobbie said...

Really terrific shots! And what beautiful intense color!

Ivanhoe said...

What a great capture! There's even a berry on the run :o)

Linda said...

I like the first shot with the berry in mid air. Great shots.

Mary said...

These are terrific! It's amazing that you captured that first berry in the air away from his mouth! That looks like a good tree to have for feeding birds! Perfect Ruby Tuesday post!

Unknown said...

what a perfect shot!

Unknown said...

I LOVE that picture and how you captured it.

mark's tails said...

Great shot of the berry in mid air!

Anonymous said...

Orange and bright red: such a vibrant photo.

Unknown said...

What a photograph. I just can't get birds with my camera. Partly, it's my impatience in waiting for them to come to me.

Thank you for the gorgeous photo.

Dianne said...

wow wonderful is right!!

what a fabulous moment! he looks so pleased with his meal.

Patti said...

Wonderful capture! How did you do it?

Great photos.

Happy Ruby Tuesday.

2sweetnsaxy said...

Great shots and definitely plenty of red! I like in the first shot that the berry is suspended in the air in it's beak. :-) Cool!

Anonymous said...

These are beautiful! Fantastic photo of the Robin holding the bright red berry in its beak. I'm curious as to how you took the first one - it looks as if the berry is in midair. Are these the berries that the Robins get tipsy on?

me ann my camera said...

april:
These are Mountain Ash berries in a tree outside my windows. I saw two Robins in the tree and noticed that they were eating the berries. I simply took a burst of pictures whenever I saw them reaching and feeding on the berries. I think the one falling in mid-air was caused when one of the Robins was pulling on one of the berries.

Glad you enjoyed the photos. I was really pleased when I realized the action that I had caught.

magiceye said...

beautiful captures..!

Becky said...

Oh, that is a gorgeous RT! I didnt know Robins ate Mountain Ash berries. I haven't seen Robins in a while, and I assumed they had all flown South.
Happy RT even though I'm a day late.

Geraldine said...

Amazing photos (as usual) Ann and what a great offering for Ruby Tuesday.

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Kyle said...

Wow, beautiful photos, Ann! I love the "action" shot as poor Robin drops his ruby snack.

Hope you had a good Thanksgiving!

~Kyle

Mary said...

Love that new header! I assume we will see more shots of these birds???

Rambling Woods said...

Now that is one lucky Robin...

Margaret Cloud said...

The Robin is my very favorite bird, very nice photos. I raised a Robin from a broken egg shell, his name was King Arthur, I invite you to my blog site to read his story.

ChrissyM said...

Wow what a stunning photo. Gorgeous shot!! Love it!