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Here's a little robin for you, photographed in the city of Amersfoort in 2016. (Have done that again many times since, but this was the first one I found). Give your cat some love for me!
 
Made me think of this.

This is so sweet!
If you like listening to very varied songs with a lot of them from the first part of the last century I can recommend looking up 'Theme time radio hour'. Newer music comes along as well, and every episode is centered about a theme like 'dogs', 'taxes' or 'coffee'. There's a lot of talk between the songs to connect them and to give background information and personal opinions, but the talking is by Bob Dylan, who turns out to have a wonderful radio voice.
 
It’s night time in the big city
Rain is falling, fog rolls in from the waterfront
A night shift nurse smokes the last cigarette in a pack

Listening to it now.
 
This was a robin I photographed in my garden.



and here is another very soggy robin in my garden during heavy rain


He looks like the morning after! lol. Or maybe Sunday morning and then Saturday night.

@JoKalsbeek and @Bluetit1802 you have very good cameras and a good eye.

Here is an American robin. I did not take this picture but we do have plenty of these in our garden.

 
I didn't realise they differed so much! Ours are much puffier, different markings... Live & learn. I miss having a garden, we just have a very bare balcony. Otherwise I'd probably be out there with a telezoom and macro all day long.
 
Robin Hobb's books... Start with Assassin's Apprentice and go from there. The Liveship books, Elderling tales etc all end up being trilogies that play out in the same world, and merge.
 
This was a robin I photographed in my garden.



and here is another very soggy robin in my garden during heavy rain

Most days I feel like the rained-out robin! Slightly miffed, ruffled, but still standing, haha. Lovely pics.... What camera do you use? I used to be all Canon, all the way, but they were just too heavy for me. Went with an Olympus system camera since last year, and now haul 4 lenses or so around... Which wasn't doable with the Canons.
 
Morning all

Managed a lie in till 6am today

Nothing planned for the day, may go for a walk later.

Have a good day.

H
 

I don't have a posh camera. These were taken with a Panasonic Lumix FZ150 bridge camera a few years ago. Birds are my passion rather than photography, although I have spent many hours photographing them. I lost interest but fully intend to rekindle my love.
 
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