Yes, robins defend their territory. In fact males and females both defend their own territory. Killing each other over territory is rare behavior for any species, except for Homo sapiens.
This robin is puffed because it's currently around freezing temperatures. On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 at 23:32, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unfortunately, Robins are not nice little birds. The males fight to the > death over territory and will also attack other birds smaller than > themselves. It's very apt that they have red chests. > > > On 09 December 2020 at 22:11 "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Nice little bird portrait! > > > > Dan Matyola > > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 1:56 PM Toine <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Birding isn't easy. The usual camera settings, keeping the contraption > > > steady, focussing and composing the shot results in this: > > > > > > https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=006-002-img3996 > > > > > > I could swear I peaked through all the twigs and branches. I had fun > > > shooting the little bird. > > > > > > Toine > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
