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American Robin, Missouri One day, at the park, me and my friend were strolling around taking pictures of the ducks and geese on the pond. When we noticed a robin on the ground next to a tree. We crept closer and closer to the bird snapping images. Eventually we were so close we could have touched it, but we held our hands still; we didn't want to scare it away. The robin must be used to humans from living at a park, I was the one not so used to being so close to a wild bird. American Robin,Geotagged,Turdus migratorius,United States,Winter,park,wildlife Click/tap to enlarge

American Robin, Missouri

One day, at the park, me and my friend were strolling around taking pictures of the ducks and geese on the pond. When we noticed a robin on the ground next to a tree. We crept closer and closer to the bird snapping images. Eventually we were so close we could have touched it, but we held our hands still; we didn't want to scare it away. The robin must be used to humans from living at a park, I was the one not so used to being so close to a wild bird.

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  1. Cool! It could also be that it has a nest very close. When nesting, their normal flee response may temporarily be disabled :) Posted 9 years ago
    1. Thanks! I didn't know they did that xD Posted 9 years ago
      1. Some birds definitely have mood swings. Our cat is known to hunt birds, but not in spring. He actually gets attacked by birds then, even small ones. Posted 9 years ago
        1. Wow, I've never heard of cats getting attacked by small birds. Posted 9 years ago
          1. Few forces are as strong as a mother's instinct :) Posted 9 years ago
            1. I agree. :) Posted 9 years ago

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The American Robin is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European Robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the flycatcher family.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Chewymav
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By Chewymav

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Uploaded Dec 10, 2015. Captured Mar 8, 2015 05:01 in 15701 Rainbow Ln, Ozark, AR 72949, USA.
  • Canon EOS REBEL T3i
  • f/8.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO200
  • 300mm