Monday, April 25, 2011

The early bird

AMERICAN ROBIN, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, APRIL 24, 2011

Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-DA 55-300 at 300mm
1/1600 sec. f8
ISO 1600

It's beem rainy all week, and the robins in our back yard are having a turkey shoot with the earthworms, as you can see from the soil-bedecked beak of this specimen. It's standing tall, almost on tiptoe, to better hear its quarry wriggling under the grass -- or perhaps to keep an eye on the cat that lives next door. Click the photo for larger version.

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