I set up the telescope to only look at the moon tonight, but used a mediocre eyepiece and a cell phone caddy so that the crowd could use their phones to take lunar pictures. The second image is with full digital zoom to really see if I could get some detail. It was a ton of fun; we had people find out they could take pictures, run home to get kids and cell phones, and come back. All in all we had about 400 or so people show up at our event, and my guess is roughly half of them were able to take pictures. Probably one of the better events I've been at in a while.
European... That's Cornwall! Robins are one of our favourite birds, and just last year it was voted as Britains first national bird.
Dude. You guys should feel really lucky to have such a beautiful bird in your backyard. If you don't know what one looks like, you should look up the robins we have in North America. They're a bit bigger and not as dainty looking, but they're still awesome. Out of curiosity, do you know what the black and white bird was? If you say "European Chickadee" I'm gonna believe you.
Well, see, there's your problem right there. When food is involved, all of the sudden birds think with their stomachs. :P I kid of course. I've never watched robins do anything that stands out to me in particular. Though I'll take your word for it. Now if you said "blue jaysare dicks," you'd get a hearty agreement from me. They're smart, territorial, and can't seem to ever get enough food to satisfy them. It turns them into massive jerks around the feeder.
Or, alternatively, turning the wheel slightly to the right. I had a client tell us about how she came outside to see one peeking at her Lexus. I'm surprised it's so hard to kill them when most of my interaction with them has involved waiting for them to cross the road. To excel at killing longbeards requires Jobian patience, a deep knowledge of bird behavior and habitat, and a willingness to master hen calls
I looked at the Turkey map range on wikipedia. You're lucky. They barely go into Canada. America, on the other hand, gets invaded by Canadian Geese every winter. We can't win. We have native jerk birds and play host to vacationing jerk birds too.
Blue Jays. They like to pick on smaller birds and scare them away from the feeders. I'm told they're pretty smart though, because they're so territorial and easy prey for hawks and falcons, they use alarm calls. Apparently they've figured out that other species listen to them too, so they'll cry wolf to scare other birds away and get to the food left behind. Like I said, they can be jerks. Stellar Jays are pretty though.
The American Robin is Michigan's official state bird.