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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2010-06-11 10:09 pm
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Oh, Before I Forget...

The robin who lives somewhere in the vicinity of our backyard has been spotted using the new bird feeder.
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[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't have to wait long...

[identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com 2010-06-11 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Success! I know he'll tell all his bird buddies about it.
:)

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
There are two of them out there this morning- Mr Robin and Mrs Robin

[identity profile] lblanchard.livejournal.com 2010-06-11 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha! Progress....

Our American robins, which of course are actually red-bellied thrushes, don't use feeders that I know of. They're ground feeders and prefer insects.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
Our robins are mainly ground feeder too- so I was surprised to see this little guy hovering- with much flapping of wings- around the fat balls.

[identity profile] daisytells.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
WELL! Wasn't that the never-visited feeder? Obviously the new location suits the birds. Perhaps there will be many more to come.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
That's right. I think that's why the in-laws wanted to be rid of it- because no birds ever used it.

[identity profile] silverhawkdruid.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
Lovely! :-) I have a robin that comes to our table most days. Always nice to see that splash of red. He has a very distinctive gait too, so even with his back to me I can still tell its him.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
We have a pair of robins and a pair of blackbirds.

I originally read that as "The robot who lives somewhere in the vicinity of our backyard..."

[identity profile] jorrocks-j.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
But then I realized you're probably not Phillip K. Dick (or are you?...)

Re: I originally read that as "The robot who lives somewhere in the vicinity of our backyard..."

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Sadly not. I would enjoy drawing his posthumous royalties.

[identity profile] endlessrarities.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Hoorah! I thought they'd get used to it eventually. He/she will be the first of many, I'm sure.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
He's introduced his mate to it.

There are plenty of sparrows and starlings around, I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the word (or the tweet) gets out.
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