Robin making a meal of an Elephant hawk Moth!
European Robin
Great photo! I tend to forget when reading The Secret Garden or the Narnia books that a robin in England looks so different than our American Robin!
Do European Robins go after earthworms as well as insects? American Robins are great earthworm hunters, and it's such a hoot to watch them patiently battle a big nightcrawler, tugging it bit by bit from its burrow.
Excellent shot vogel!! The Robins in Europe are so beautiful!
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What a beautiful bird and a great photo! Interesting that it's a banded bird. You might try to get more pictures to see if you can read the numbers on the band and report it.
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Do European Robins go after earthworms as well as insects?
Yes, but only small ones. That hawkmoth is actually an exceptionally large prey item for a Robin, I'm surprised it was able to cope with it.
Resin
Maybe it stole the remnants from some other bird...
;-)
Thank you for sharing this with the world. The bird is beautiful! I too would like to know how the band was put on it's leg and by whom. God has made some awesome things!!
The ring was made by a man (or woman), though!
Resin
Just had to google Elephant Hawk Moth...beautiful!.....photo credit to Ian Kimber.
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