Your Canon Photos No. 3: 21st to 27th May 2023

Cool photo Digirame.
It's interesting that you call it the Red Robin. Is the normal name that americans use?

It's actually an American Robin, and it's not closely related (as in not the same species) to the European Robin,
The American Robin is a species that you'll find mostly in the North American Continent.😉

Hi HessleHiker, Thank You.

Hi Digirame, Thank You.

I've never seen any canoes or water craft on the lakes around these parts, maybe the main lake allows them on, I've only visited it the once. With the gulls at this time of year they take over a small island on the lake and lay their eggs so they are constantly feeding in the lake.

Hi davidwien,

That's a stunning building. Super photo.

Hi stevet1,

Super photo.

Hi davidwien, Thank You.

It's fun watching the seagulls catching the flies, they almost dance in the air at times spinning to capture them.

Hi Dunlin,

Beautiful colours, you can't beat this time of year. 😄

Hi Dunlin, Thank You.

There doesn't seem as many birds this year on the lakes although the seagulls don't seem any less, I think bird flu has taken its toll.

Hi SandyF,

Excellent photo.

Hi HessleHiker,

Love the mixture of colours in your second photo.

Hi simplejoy,

Super photos.

Hi Digirame,

Super photo, your Robins are somewhat bigger than the UK ones. 😄

Hi all,

I eventually found my first Wild Rose of the year.

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Hi Dunlin. Thanks.

According to "WildBirdScoop", "the American robin is named after the European robin, which is often called a red robin. Both have reddish-orange underparts." So I used the name that we often use, but technically it's an American Robin.

Hi Photobygms. See the explanation I wrote for Dunlin. We call it a Red Robin, but technically it's an American Robin.

I read on Wikipedia that a popular American song "featuring this bird include "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)", written by Harry M. Woods." Again I just used the term I've always have heard. I never thought it was anything different.

I edited that post with the following: Note that the name "Red Robin" is a colloquial term for the "American Robin".

Mocha,

Wow...you got a great looking photo of a wild rose. I like it. 😀

I know it's a different species, I was just wondering if "Red Robin" was used as an affectionate name, for example, like Robin Redbreast in the UK.