Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Hungry Birds

The robins are now five days old. I've discovered that if I make a tapping noise, they automatically open their beaks:

I apologise to any robinophobes who have stumbled across this post.

8 comments:

  1. Terrific fun...is that called teasing?

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  2. I hope so, rather than cruelty to robins!

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  3. Cathy6:44 pm

    Aw, so sweet, would they do the same if you spoke to them or made a noise like kissing?

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  4. They look like very odd flowers, with their beaks springing open like that :D How big are they?
    Camilla

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  5. I've tried different noises, but the tapping seems to be the most effective.

    They're probably about the size of half a finger - tiny little things, but still miraculously much larger than the eggs they hatched from, less than a week ago.

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  6. How sweet! And no, I'm not a robin phobe. Quite the opposite in fact. I have collection of English robin statues, cards, etc. that various family members have given me over the years because my husband Rob's name actually is Robin -- not Robert as people always assume. xoxox

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  7. I was a five day old baby Robins once but I didn't look at bit like them!

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  8. Anonymous2:57 am

    Worth looking for David Lack's The Life of the Robin in your stock before you sell it.

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