actually it was the second robin of the season that i've seen... i grew up with the belief that it wasn't springtime - until you'd set eyes upon your 1st robin... why? i don't know - it was just one of those things - a sure sign that spring had arrived - it wasn't a "fake-out" by nature perhaps... whatever the case - in all of my adult years, i don't consider it spring until i see a robin regardless of what others may say - or what the calendar deems it to be.
a couple of weeks ago - i snuck up on my first - he was trying to hide in the underbrush of old leaves in the forest... i almost didn't count him because of the whole hide 'n seek factor. this one - this was much better - it was as though we had a connection - an understanding - this robin and me... i believe he knew i was wanting his portrait but wasn't going to make it easy for me - so made me go on a chase after him - up and down the trail... i would run after him and call - he would skip along, then stop and look back at me so i could snap a picture.
if anyone was observing me - i'm sure it was a funny sight - a grown woman chasing after a bird... yet i swear, he knew exactly what he was doing - playing with me - and having fun all the same. because of it - and the posing he did - i got front, left and right-sided portraits of the robin...
it's not every day this happens - in fact, i doubt that birds interact with humans in this type of fashion on a regular basis. i don't take it for granted - it's always special when it happens between me and nature - gives me a thrill - a wonderful moment in time to cherish god's creation...
happy day.....
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