Variations on a theme

[cascadiabound]

Robin in my neighborhood. Not taken today though. Pretty wet outside to catch one being photogenic, but I'll see if I can find one.

I don't think of robins as bring Christmas birds. Also, the UK robin looks really different from the N. American version. They hardly look related. I'm not a serious birder, so idk about that either.
Robins at Christmas- stuff I didn't know

 

[lingus60]

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I just came out of a restaurant in Co. Tipperary and was delighted to see this gorgeous little fella.

It's a long, long way to Tipperary for that little fella....

 

[AuntieDisco]

Too cold for any robin to be hanging around where I live!

 

[Fred6969]

Too cold for any robin to be hanging around where I live!

(Digging through storage for my winter Robin suit….)

 

[AuntieDisco]

(Digging through storage for my winter Robin suit….)

Oh you’re funny

 

[Cjbdd]

https://iili.io/2OEf4wv.jpg

 

[lavendersilk]

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Are there two in a bush nearby?

 

[UnquietDreams]

Are there two in a bush nearby?

I think there might be a thread for that on the General Board, Purple...

 

[LIDiver]

Are there two in a bush nearby?

Joke of the day, Silky!
Please stop by the lit front offices to pick up your certificate

 

[LIDiver]

This is a gentleman we know around town.
His name is Robert….

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Usually they don't have a massive penis (of their own)

Unless you're a hyena

 

[UnquietDreams]

I don't think of robins as bring Christmas birds. Also, the UK robin looks really different from the N. American version. They hardly look related. I'm not a serious birder, so idk about that either.

Not as different as North American and European badgers. Eurobadgers look like they just misplaced their little top hats and want to invite you to tea. American badgers look like me when you talk to me before I have coffee.

Robins at Christmas- stuff I didn't know

I like that a lot, thank you. The story of the Oak King of Summer and the Holly King of Winter reminds me of the Seelie and Unseelie coorts and Moving Day.

 

[cascadiabound]

Not as different as North American and European badgers. Eurobadgers look like they just misplaced their little top hats and want to invite you to tea. American badgers look like me when you talk to me before I have coffee.

I like that a lot, thank you. The story of the Oak King of Summer and the Holly King of Winter reminds me of the Seelie and Unseelie coorts and Moving Day.

update:
The N. American robin is a member of the thrush family.
The European robin is a member of the flycatcher family.
Not related really at all except they are both birds- lol. The common name is because they both have a red breast.
(Que posts of red breasts)

 

[UnquietDreams]

(Que posts of red breasts)

Yes, please.

 

[orangecurious]

https://i.postimg.cc/SQ5dSs0b/worth-two.jpg

ok, i'll stop now (good job the subject wasn't Swans)

 

[OrdinaryPerson]

https://i.ibb.co/2YGqmPF/IMG-20241223-021911310.jpg

Im dying. Dying!!!


https://i.ibb.co/DM1HYny/PXL-20241223-195957873.jpg
Cause Batman smells... Robin laid an egg...

 

[UnquietDreams]

A Jim Butcher/Dresden Files reference? Although I don't think Moving Day was a Dresden book I could well be wrong.

I love a good Dresden Files reference, but the Seelie and Unseelie coort predate that by about...a thousand years or so. The Scottish name for the two sidhe courts, and Moving Day is when the two courts change places at the change of seasons.

 

[Saltfountain]

This is a gentleman we know around town.
His name is Robert….
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So not Robin?

 

[lindi_85]

Im dying. Dying!!!


https://i.ibb.co/DM1HYny/PXL-20241223-195957873.jpg
Cause Batman smells... Robin laid an egg...

Did you check on poor Robin. That thing would’ve broken the wee thing

 

[Saltfountain]

What do the English call these things?

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Unless you're a hyena

I'm going out on a limb here to say that that is not a hyena of either (or indeed any) gender...

 

[lindi_85]

update:
The N. American robin is a member of the thrush family.
The European robin is a member of the flycatcher family.
Not related really at all except they are both birds- lol. The common name is because they both have a red breast.
(Que posts of red breasts)

Now do the NZ Robin
(It’s just bigger than my thumb and terribly cute)

 

[Saltfountain]

ok, i'll stop now (good job the subject wasn't Swans)

Makes mental note to change the 12 Days of Variations...

 

[lindi_85]

Makes mental note to change the 12 Days of Variations...

 

[lindi_85]

The NZ Robin is a real inquisitive bastard and loves a good photo bomb

 

[Saltfountain]

The NZ Robin is a real inquisitive bastard and loves a good photo bomb.
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Well, if you will put food there