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Back when I was a kid, we had all these on our street except bullfinch, woodpecker and goldcrest.
Over the years, all the lawns have been turned to patios, nearly all the trees have been cut down and with all the cats, I can't even feed what few birds we have left. So I don't think I've seen any birds this week :( I hear a few great tits churring and a couple of weeks ago there was a blackbird whose song sounded similar to the one of the tame one I used to have. He was killed by a psycho cat. His song had been passed down the generations on my street, it was the same song from when I was a kid. And it ended when that cat got him ๐ก
I used to have a tame robin and great tit.
Edit: looks like my SD card is corrupted again :(
My favorite thing about visiting my parents, outside of seeing my parents and their dogs, is that the neighborhood still has a good amount of trees and vegetation. Birds love it, and I love birds, so it works out.
But also they're pesky and keep eating the unripe blueberries.
Ahh, shame about the SD card. The photo of the robins is delightful!
That robin was supertame. He and his mate just kept having brood after brood because they knew all he had to do was look at me with his big eyes and I'd buy another kilo of worms. He used to chase his juveniles and even his mate away sometimes, he was a little savage. He got a respiratory illness and I didn't know you could take wild birds to the vet.
I have the photos on my PC, for some reason the sd card on my phone always corrupts and so did the replacement, so I don't know if I got two fake cards or if it's just an android thing. I don't have that issue on my old android 6 tablet or my old android 2 phone ๐คท๐ฝโโ
I think every robin I have ever observed interacting with other birds has been a violent little bastard hahaha. Maybe they're less a symbol of Christmas and more one of the Boxing Day sales
And hey, it's a shame that he died like that, but it sounds like you gave him a proper life of luxury for a wild animal. It's beautiful that he trusted you so much