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This is a lovely heart warming story. I feed the birds in my garden, give them water and try to engage with them and encourage them to come. I have plenty of flowers which attract bees and I’ve contemplated getting a hive.

Now I have a few Robins, that come to my garden daily and they are beautiful to watch, so after reading this I’m gonna try and feed them as he suggests, see if one would take food from my hand.

Since lockdown the birds seem to have exploded in numbers, variety and song, hopefully this will continue once pollution comes back. So if you have the opportunity put out some bird feeders and encourage them to your spaces and help nature to continue to grow and thrive.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... robin.html

Wouldn't believe a word in the Daily Mail

Attention seeker strikes.

Seen a load of robins. But dont know why you'd try to tame it. It's dangerous to the bird.

Only get pigeons on my 8th floor balcony ........and they sh*t everywhere ☹☹

BIGRON wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:11 am Only get pigeons on my 8th floor balcony ........and they sh*t everywhere ☹☹

Like Tory ministers.

Under normal circumstances you will only see 2 robins in your garden and they will be a breeding pair. Robins are as pugilistic as Millwall or Chesterfield fans and very territorial. If one male invades another male's territory, they will often have mortal combat. Another interesting fact is, they are quite smart & in France they are not friendly, they are wary. They don't want to end up as an hors d'oeuvre.

Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:37 am Seen a load of robins. But dont know why you'd try to tame it. It's dangerous to the bird.

Don't know if Thor wants to tame it. Maybe just communicate with it - one bird brain to another

Even an attempt to post something that might be of genuine interest to others and is completely non-contentious is met with snide remarks.

Nice.

West Side has said everything I was going to say. I can only add that they are originally woodland birds and relied on wild boar to nosy around and disturb the soil to provide grubs for them to eat. In the U.K. the gardener does exactly the same role which is why you often see a Robin when you do the gardening. Think they always win in polls about Britain’s national bird because of their boldness and ‘tameness’ as well as being beautiful.

But yes, they are very territorial and can fight to the death. It’s a shame they only live for a couple of years.

faldO wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:45 pm Even an attempt to post something that might be of genuine interest to others and is completely non-contentious is met with snide remarks.

Nice.

I feel duly chastised. Although, I would have thought that anyone who is remotely interested in Robins would already know that they'll do cartwheels for a mealworm

Well I’ve learnt something today. I didn’t know that they are very territorial nor that they would fight to the death, seem more like a lion in that respect over its mate. The two I saw one was bigger than the other by quite some way, maybe they were the male and female and were partners then after what west side said above.