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Kazz
13-01-2009, 08:16 PM
Well people after 4 yearsI simply fancied a change what do you think............????????????????????
alexgirl73
13-01-2009, 08:45 PM
awww, wee robin!! I LOVE robins. Very nice Karen :D
Kazz
13-01-2009, 08:53 PM
Thank you Alex I took the picture myself....sent it to Katie who cut out the over enthusiastic Stafford in the background and hey presto
Elaine
13-01-2009, 08:58 PM
Looks good:D
Leesy
13-01-2009, 09:10 PM
Ahhhhhhhhhh, I love little robins they are so sweet, we have a pair in our garden, have put a nest box in for them so we are hoping that they will use it and have even sweeter little babies.:-D
dandysmom
13-01-2009, 09:19 PM
I like it! But it does seem strange after all this time not to see the helping hand ......

Oh, been meaning to say I like the new signature too!
Mags
13-01-2009, 09:20 PM
That's lovely Kazz, seasonal...:D
angieh
13-01-2009, 09:25 PM
Robins like people too. For a couple of years, I have had robins take mealworms straight from my hand during the breeding season.

Lovely, perky little bird.
Kazz
13-01-2009, 09:41 PM
He seems to be my new robin in the garden not sure if he is a resident or passing through..or forced to pass through when George Henry returns............if he does if not this robin will need a name. Have to see what what he's like (could be a female but I think of all robins as males)
meep
14-01-2009, 10:30 AM
Awh what an adorable robin! I love them. Apparently during the rest of hte year the red patch on their breast fades and they have only brown feathers but I've never seen a bird that looks like a robin but that is all brown in summer :roll:
angieh
14-01-2009, 04:05 PM
Don't think that's true really meep. The red breast does seem much brighter at this time of the year and into the breeding season. It does dull down, but I've never seen a brown robin. Young robins are speckled, as they belong to the same family as the thrush.
meep
14-01-2009, 04:07 PM
Ahhh I see thanks for clearing that up Angie! I'd heard it on some nature programme, but I probably misinterpreted the red feathered getting brighter / stronger in winter, to 'dulling' down in summer. Either way i've never seen a robin in summer, its strange how they do seem to be a lot more prominent in winter!
CathyW
14-01-2009, 05:10 PM
love the ronin. when we lived in ha,mpshire my 2 thugs killed a robin. they both had 2 bells on their collars. so did what i could.
and ive seen a ronin in the summer. c
last yr it was. because i remember commenting on it.
Moli
14-01-2009, 10:33 PM
Love it Kazz...
calismum
14-01-2009, 11:16 PM
Loveley Kazz. We have a couple of them in the barn so I put up a box last spring. Hope they may use it this year.

Read that the male builds around 5 nests and then the female decides which one to use so I hope the box meets with her requirements!