During the early evening "golden hour" a few days ago, I turned a corner in the yard and surprised a robin in the process of extracting an especially large and juicy worm from the ground. Despite how close I was standing, the robin refused to release the worm. Juuuust as I got the camera out of my pocket and focused, the robin was able to yank the worm free and fly off to the yard fence.
It perched on the fence for a few moments while doing something rather interesting: Instead of flying off with the long worm dangling from its beak, the robin actually looped the worm into a circle for more convenient transportation.
Once this task was accomplished...
...the bird gave me a saucy look and departed to bring the feast to its nestlings.
I'm not sure how the worm felt about it.
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