Watched By A Robin

Even though I have so many other things to show you, I decided that today was the day to show you a very close up picture of this American robin. Even though he might look a little bit closer than I really was to him, I was actually very close to this bird.

American robins like to dig around in wet grass looking for what I would guess to be worms. Since it's been raining for the past few days around here, the worms have been coming to the surface, giving the robins a feast of epic proportions. As you can see by the picture above, this robin hasn't missed any meals in quite some time.

Another thing you can see is that the robin was looking right at me when I took this photo. These are very brave little birds. They don't mind humans very much at all. As long as we keep at least a few feet away, a robin will go about his business as if we aren't even there. Even if we scare them away they don't feel the need to go very far.

I decided to back off just a little bit for you so you can see what he was doing a little bit better. He was pecking at the ground in between hopping small distances. I guess he was looking for just the right spots to check for his tasty little prey.

Many of you know that I share a lot of pictures of robins, but this is the very best one I've shared of a robin on the ground. I'm not sure I can top this one. Well, maybe if I get one to spread his wings for me one day. That would really be something, wouldn't it? Spread your wings little robin!

One last note. I mentioned several months back that I had an exciting new project in the works. It's almost ready! This is something I hope will benefit all of us nature lovers here on the internet. I will have a big announcement at the end of this month!