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Aww wonderful,i thought my "Robin Bobbin" was friendly .

 

Finally trust gained he follows me everywhere in the garden.

 

I've just found this thread - wonderful shots walnut!

Lucky you, hope there are lots more photos coming, and thanks for sharing this experience with us all.

 

Walnut thats Fabulous,must of took you months to get him to feed off your hand Mr Patience

 

walnut that is truly special.. the only other person to get that close to a robin was worzel gummidge

 

That is really ace. My robin wont come that close :( He does come into my garden every day though, unless he knows the gregorian calander ofcourse.

 

walnut cant believe you have a robin sitting on your hand, thats incredible, My grandmother used to feed the birds her friends were black-birds, she called her jenny and it did the same, came up to her and sit in the kitchen window ledge, can never remember it sitting on her hand, but she jenny used to take cake from her.lovely pictures, well done

 

Young Daisy it tookin all about 3 weeks I noticed him around and he used to be in the hedges making a little piping noise, I started to throw live mealworms on the grass about 10 ft away gradually over the days I would throw them a shorter and shorter distance until he was near my feet, he then used to look out for me in the garden and follow me aboutreally close ,I had to be carefull not to tread on him he would appear from nowhere, gradually he came to the g/house and knew the mealworm tub he would wait patiently on a large plantpot whilst I took the lid off, gradually I placed them on my knee he would take them in a quick darting move then he started to eat them in situ, when he got used to the close proximity I offered one out of the tips of my fingers he took it then finally he took them off the flat of my hand first in a quick dart and now he will stop and eat them on my hand,he likes your hand to be low so he can see the worms he shoots down out of the holy tree when I enter the garden.I allways make a little chirpy whistle when he is near and he will now come out of hiding when he hears this.

 

know its a bit late walnut, but lovely.
robins actually like to do this. i went to Slimbridge (don't know if you've heard of it) & as soon as you pull in with your car they're on it. honestly. i couldn't believe it when i was there. it's cos they're used to people feeding them as soon as the people come in.
brilliant that you've got one doing feeding to hand though.
patience is a virtue.
can you tell me, are robins migratory? where are they when it's not winter here? As i said i was a bit of a birder & thought i heard that robins don't leave. so where are they during the summer?
we have one comes every year. my husband asked if it would be the same one & i told yes. they are very agressive little birds, very teritorrital(that's not spelt right sorry).
so walnut hows it going? why did you have mealworm?
I can't tell the difference between robins & wrens calling. to me they very similar. but then that's probable why i didn't make a good birder!
cheers

 

hi walnut thats an amazing story, you must be really attatched to the little guy...and id like to know too, why did you have the mealworm? :D

 

Young Daisy&Borrowers I do actually keep a couple of birds one is called a red billed siva and is a softbill so likes live food and insectivorous mixture so always have a store of mealworms,I did an interesting experiment last year my leanto g/house is fastend to a shed because the back of the house faces north and doesn't get any sun in winter, the shed has an aviary with the birds in I netted all the windows on the greenhouse and put a hatch through to the aviary,the Sivas were the most efficient pest contol you coud have anything that moved was caught, the only problem they tended to dig into pots looking for insects not good with your seedlings.
BorrowersRobins are rarely seen or heard during midsummer (July-August) when they are moulting and become rather retiring.
At other times they can usually be heard singing their melodious warbling song from strategic perches, often quite high up; it sounds like "twiddle-oo, twiddle-eedee, twiddle-oo twiddle". In the winter, it can sound wistful, some say mournful, but around Christmas time the song becomes stronger and more passionate.
They will sing all through the night and this often leads to them being incorrectly identified as a Nightingale. This has been thought to be caused by streetlights making them believe it is still daytime, but the latest theory is that they are singing when it is quieter, when the hubbub of urban life has quietened and their song can be heard.Some do migrate and we do receive some migrants from scandinavia but they are shyer and not as brightly coloured as ours in the main they tendto stay near where they are born (especially if they get free mealworms).

 

walnut have me got any more pictures of your likkle friend the robin. hows he doing

 

Here you go Ste.took these this morning he has been a bit nervous these last couple of days with all the fireworks going offbut I only need to whistle and down he comes,
On the back of the bench after I whistled him,



Moves over to the rail near the g/house,



Watching me get the mealworm bucket,



Just alighting on the bucket to get the beetle,



About to pounce,

 

walnut they have go to be the the best robin pics i have seen keep us posted on how he is doin

 

excellent Walnut..pic 3s my favourite.. have you gave him a name come on now tell the truth (and dont say robin!!)