American Robin sitting on a log
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Meta Data – Day 72 YOY – Year of Yosemite
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Capture time: 3:30:55 PM
Capture date: June 5, 2016
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Nikon D3300
An immature Robin watching us watching it
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Meta Data – Day 72 YOY – Year of Yosemite
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Capture time: 9:51:24 AM
Capture date: June 8, 2016
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Canon SX50 HS
One of my interests is moderate bird watching. I am really not one to walk miles to try to find a bird that was spotted a day or so ago. I will arise early to go on a bird walk as long as I am with someone with experience as my bird ID skills are not well developed.
I do enjoy taking photographs of birds and many times, with photo “in hand,” I am able to identify the bird after the fact. When we head onto hiking trails, the anticipation of sighting a bird I had not seen before is always with me. Generally, we are not up and about on the trails at the best times for birds, but we take what we can get.
The only bird I was able to capture in a good photograph during our exploration of Yosemite was the American Robin which we don’t see in Phoenix, AZ. The bird in the tree is an immature Robin.
Do you have a question about our visit to Yosemite? Ask it in the comment section.
*All photographs Copyright by Jeffrey B. Ross with all rights reserved.
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.