Saw the first robin red breast yesterday. He just sat in the grass and posed for me. I said a few words but he didn't answer. (In case I haven't mentioned it before, birds like me, except for the blue jays who try to steal the nuts I leave out for the squirrels.) I went back inside and got a piece of bread, which I tore up and threw the chunks a few feet from him. He just watched, cocking his head. Then he flitted up to a branch on the drake elm and watched me some more. So I went back inside and when I came out again later the bread was still there. Those robins are cute but they could be stupid.
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Or maybe he was smart enough not to eat something that's not good for him? The early bird doesn't catch the danish.
Hey, I would never feed him danish. This was excellent Chicago Italian sandwich bread.
I live in Louisiana and robins only visit in the winter... they never visit the feeders (seeds, nuts, gruel, etc). The common belief is that robins (& other birds like mockingbirds, bluebirds, etc) are insect and nematodes (worms) eaters. This might be factual, however I'm not a zoologist.
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