Robin - *No judge comments please*

[alexisonfire]

Was just outside having a cigarette & playing with my camera, and this robin lands right in front of me. Unfortunately before i had time to photograph it in the open it hopped into a well shaded tree. And because i was hand held, needed a high ISO that has made a lot of noise.

Also am i right in thinking that the robin signifies the beginning of spring? I think i might of found a competition entry

 

[alexisonfire]

I thought robins signified winter :S

I thought it was the end of winter, beginning of spring

Or is that only for the american robin?

 

[alexisonfire]

The "Robin Redbreast" has much folklore surrounding it and has become strongly associated with Christmas, taking a starring role on many a Christmas card. The Robin has also appeared on many Christmas postage stamps.

An old English folk tale seeks to explain the Robin's distinctive red breast. Legend has it that when Jesus was dying on the cross, the Robin, then simply brown in colour, flew to his side and sang into his ear in order to comfort him in his pain. The blood from his wounds stained the Robin's breast, and thereafter all Robins got the mark of Christ's blood upon them.

That would probably explain why they are perceived as a winter bird. After reading up they actually hate cold weather.

British Robins are mostly sedentary though a few migrate to Spain and Portugal for the winter

<--Robin expert now.

 

[alexisonfire]

If i can't get anything better by saturday for the competition, i will enter one of the above.

controversy is my middle name