OT: cheeky robin

DH was out this morning. He needed to ring me, so he pulled car over into
layby & got out of car to enjoy sunshine and make call. He left the car door
open. As he was stood making the call, a robin flew down, hopped into the
footwell of the car and proceeded to peck up crumbs that were on the floor
of the footwell. When DH finished making his call to me, stepping back to
the car, said robin looked up at him then flew off.

Cheeky robin if ever there was one!

Wayne Mitchell...

One of my sisters and I were hiking on Mt. Desert Island. It
had rained a little the night before, after weeks of drought.
As we came down a ledgy path about mid-morning, before the heat
of the day, we happened upon a white-throated sparrow taking a
bath in a shallow puddle. We stopped about twenty feet away and
just watched his joy and enthusiasm for a few minutes. Then we
resumed our approach, thinking he would fly up into the
trail-side evergreens and wait for us to go by.

No such thing! It was the first puddle he'd seen for weeks and
by thunder he wasn't getting out of it for anybody! He hopped
right to the near edge of the puddle and made a threat display.
We laughed and stopped for another moment. That was good enough
for him; he went back to bathing. When we approached again he
held his ground. No more threats, but he still wasn't going to
be pushed out of that puddle. We gave him what room we could,
but had to come within kicking distance in order to get by, and
still he didn't bail out. We left him in continued and
triumphant possession.

Sometimes a good bath is just a necessity.

Marina...

LOL! Brave little birdie.

Cheers, helen s

jmcquown...

Ah, a harbinger of spring! Yes, it's on its way! Cute that the robin knew
to hop inside to find a snack :)

Magic Mood Jeep©...

Not around here - it's been such an unseasonably warm winter, our robins
never left! Been seeing them all winter!

jmcquown...

Well, birds fly south for the winter so I see robins all year long even in
the bitterest cold. It's almost 80F here today! Weird. Persia is
meatloafing on the windowsill, dreaming of Weebles and waiting for that
robin who hops around out front to come back digging for worms amidst the
fallen pine needles :)

Adrian...

You and Magic are thinking of a different bird, it's the European Robin that
Helen posted about.
the same place all year round.

Magic Mood Jeep©...

I knew that robins in Europe are different than American - and *not all*
American robins migrate, you just don't see them in the winter as they are
in the woods/forests where there is more food (berries and other small
fruits) available, rather than in the plains/grassy areas/yards as they are
in the spring/summer where food (worms, grubs and other insects) is more
abundant during those times of the year.

Adrian...

I believe the American Robin got it's name because it reminded the settlers
of the European Robin, both very pretty birds.

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/robin.htm