{"id":4280,"date":"2014-04-30T21:19:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T20:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanrowley.info\/?p=4280"},"modified":"2014-05-08T21:25:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T20:25:37","slug":"the-robin-a-gardeners-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanrowley.info\/?p=4280","title":{"rendered":"The robin – a gardener’s companion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever I am working in the garden, I almost always have a robin as my companion. They are very tame birds<\/a> and are always the first to visit when I fill the bird feeders each day.<\/p>\n

Recently, one of the main tasks I had to do was\u00a0weeding and hoeing<\/a> the flower borders. Within a few minutes of starting, a robin joined me, often only a couple of feet away. He occasionally\u00a0had a look in the wheelbarrow to see if I had\u00a0thrown in a grub or earthworm. At this\u00a0time of year, the robin can often be seen with a mouthful of food to take back to the nest.<\/p>\n

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This robin has been searching a wheelbarrow of weeds looking for a meal.<\/p><\/div>\n

I have read that, in their natural habitat at the edge of woodland, robins follow wild boar<\/a> hoping that they turn up a tasty meal. In the garden, they follow the hoe and rake hoping to get a meal that way.<\/p>\n

Despite their cute appearance, the robin is a very aggressive and territorial bird who will often fight a rival fiercely to maintain his domain. Even so, they are one of my favourite birds, and a welcome visitor to the garden.<\/p>\n

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