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The Early Bird Gets the Worm
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Copyright: Traci Spencer (spencertraci)
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 28 W: 0 N: 20]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (80) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-05-07 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ20 |
| Exposure: f/4, 1/125 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-05-14 22:37 |
| Viewed: 1485 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This is the mother robin of the baby robin that I posted a few days ago. I think two of the three babies survived jumping out of the nest. The mother and father both work very hard to feed the fledglings, although the father is more active in training the fledglings after they have left the nest so the female can build and/or repair the nest for the next clutch.
I found out some really interesting facts about the robins' eating patterns--they eat different foods at different times of the day. As the old saying goes, "the early bird gets the worm", and that is definitely true for robins. Robins eat earthworms earlier in the day and more fruit later in the day. It is the belief of some biologists that worms are found NOT by hearing but by sight. Robins also eat insects and even small snakes. If a robin lives near the sea, it will also eat mollusks and tiny fish. American robins' favorite fruits are cherries, grapes, choke cherries, and tomatoes. |
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Now that is a mouthful, must be going back to feed the wee ones. Nice shot.
Greg
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3974 W: 518 N: 8104]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif)
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Hi Traci
This is a well composed shot of this pretty wee bird. You have a good low point of view, good saturation of colour, great timing to get the worm in the beak, but it is not in focus and the image is small.