{"id":4428,"date":"2009-10-19T15:58:22","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T21:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.com\/wild\/?p=589"},"modified":"2009-10-19T15:58:22","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T21:58:22","slug":"the-builder-from-the-photo-archive-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/photos\/the-builder-from-the-photo-archive-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Builder (from the Photo Archive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"nesting material by mjhinton, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mjhinton\/2438056034\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"nesting material\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3030\/2438056034_9bc10632b5_o.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"587\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>I watched this robin gather grass for nesting material in our small sideyard a few years ago. It was a windy day and the robin kept dropping what it already had in its beak as it tried for more. (Called to mind <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dog_and_the_Bone\">Aesop<\/a>.) After numerous attempts, the robin gathered up a good bundle. It took off from the grass and paused just long enough in a gap in the fence. Click. Thank you. With all the wind, I didn\u2019t expect this photo to be in focus.<\/p>\n<p>Robins love to bathe, perhaps moreso than any other birds I\u2019ve seen in our yard.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"robin bathes by mjhinton, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mjhinton\/539019726\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"robin bathes\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1048\/539019726_22f31a94f7_o.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"656\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mjhinton\/tags\/robins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mjhinton\/tags\/robins\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mjhinton\/tags\/robins<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mjhinton\/tags\/birds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mjhinton\/tags\/birds\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mjhinton\/tags\/birds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[From the Photo Archive is an irregular series of photos I\u2019ve taken some time ago but want to revisit.]<\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of Flickr Badge --><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#flickr_badge_source_txt {padding:0; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif; color:#666666;}\n#flickr_badge_icon {display:block !important; margin:0 !important; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;}\n#flickr_icon_td {padding:0 5px 0 0 !important;}\n.flickr_badge_image {text-align:center !important;}\n.flickr_badge_image img {border: 1px solid black !important;}\n#flickr_www {display:block; text-align:left; padding:0 10px 0 10px !important; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif !important; color:#3993ff !important;}\n#flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:hover,\n#flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:link,\n#flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:active,\n#flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:visited {text-decoration:none !important; background:inherit !important;color:#3993ff;}\n#flickr_badge_wrapper {background-color:#ffffff;border: solid 1px #000000}\n#flickr_badge_source {padding:0 !important; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif !important; color:#666666 !important;}\n<\/style>\n<table id=\"flickr_badge_uber_wrapper\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\" id=\"flickr_www\">www.<strong style=\"color:#3993ff\">flick<span style=\"color:#ff1c92\">r<\/span><\/strong>.com<\/a><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" border=\"0\" id=\"flickr_badge_wrapper\">\n<tr>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/badge_code_v2.gne?show_name=1&#038;count=5&#038;%23038;display=random&#038;%23038;size=t&#038;%23038;layout=h&#038;%23038;source=user_set&#038;%23038;user=10528393@N00&#038;%23038;set=72157622636270556&#038;%23038;context=in\/set-72157622636270556\/\"><\/script><\/p>\n<td id=\"flickr_badge_source\" valign=\"center\" align=\"center\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10\" id=\"flickr_icon_td\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mjhinton\/sets\/72157622636270556\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"flickr_badge_icon\" alt=\"mjhinton's Birds (Random) photoset\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/1\/buddyicons\/10528393@N00.jpg?1201040547#10528393@N00\" align=\"left\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td id=\"flickr_badge_source_txt\">mjhinton&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mjhinton\/sets\/72157622636270556\/\">Birds (Random)<\/a> photoset<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- End of Flickr Badge --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/photos\/the-builder-from-the-photo-archive\/\">The Builder (from the Photo Archive)<\/a> is a post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.net\/wild\">Ah, Wilderness!<\/a>.  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Thank you for subscribing. <a href=\"mailto:mark@mjhinton.com\">Let me know what you think<\/a>. peace, <em>mjh<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,7],"tags":[104],"class_list":["post-4428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wild","category-photos","tag-birds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}