[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

RE: The Rabid Robin



Yes, "our" robins are already feeding their nestlings (lots of mealworms, I
might add!)- should be fledging any day now!!

Tracy McAbee-Pheneger
Durham, NC


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bobbie_Collins-Perry/Tip@kramer.tip.duke.edu
> [SMTP:Bobbie_Collins-Perry/Tip@kramer.tip.duke.edu]
> Sent:	Monday, May 08, 2000 8:50 AM
> To:	carolinabirds@duke.edu
> Subject:	The Rabid Robin
> 
> Does anyone have Robins on the nest yet?  I can't wait until the one in
> our
> backyard settles down to raise a brood.  I'll tell ya why.
> 
> We have a Robin in our back yard that the neighborhood has named The Rabid
> Robin.  Since March, this Robin has dominated our part of the neighborhood
> vanquishing any threats to his territoty,  His rivals mainly consisted of
> his own reflection in the side view mirrors of cars.  It's quite comical
> to
> watch the Robin fighting with the image in the mirror, hop away, and then
> make a surprise attack.  However, the down side to his antics is when he
> perches on the mirror and poops--resulting in guano all over the side of
> the car door.
> 
> Our solution is to tie plastic bags on to the side view mirrors.  It was
> quite a scene to drive down the street and see plastic bags tied to the
> half-dozen cars parked on the street in our part of the neighborhood.
> Well, the neighbors were all been able to quit the practice about a month
> ago.  We have to continue, since we park off the street in back of our
> house.  This is the Robin' s main territory.  If we slip up and don't put
> the bags on--even for five or ten minutes--he gets the car.  He makes an
> incredible mess; what with all the berries he's eating.  My vehicles have
> had countless baths this spring.
> 
> He nested last year and quit after a while, but this year it seems to have
> gone on longer.  Perhaps he hasn't found a mate yet.  Our patience is
> wearing thin; I never thought I would dislike a Robin, but this little guy
> is getting to me.
> 
> Anyway,  let me know if your Robins have nested and pray that mine finds a
> mate soon!
> 
> Bobbie Collins-Perry
> Durham, NC
> bcollins-perry@tip.duke.edu
> 
>