On Dec 17, 4:28 pm, "Robert \(Plymouth\)"
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On 17 Dec, 10:44, "'Mike'" wrote:
(Also posted on uk.rec.birdwatching but wondered if any gardeners have
the
same problem characteristics in their Robins)
We have what can only be described as a lethargic Robin in out garden.
Yesterday it was sitting on the bottom bar of a trellis panel and didn't
move for ages.
Today it has taken up residence in the bird feeding house which hangs
from
the beams of the veranda, just outside the patio doors.
Does eat occasionally. Feathers slightly puffed up making the appearance
of
a youngster (could it be a youngster?)
Does this disease Trichomoniasis, which is hitting Greenfinches hit
Robins
as well? Could this lethargic fellow be suffering?

How uncanny - yesterday I was doing some archery in the forest of
Finswaith in Windermere and I came across not one robin but two, both
very still for ages. On my second rounds of targets, I saw them again,
and actually wondered if they were targets!! I've no idea of diseases,
but they were both all puffed up, round and fluffy and their heads
moved. I suppose they're cold and keep their energy to find food?!

Mine wasn't lazy, he was busy picking out insects as I sowed the second lot
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There's a few of them in my garden. One of them hovers around the
feeder and picks the odd bit very unconvincingly. He's not as good an
acrobat as the sparrows, finches and tits. I get the distinct
impression that he's just there to make a point about this being his
territory, and the other lot being outrageously cheeky gatecrashers.
Another couple are more based around the veg patch, and they are
jumping around the place any time I go there to dig or spread muck -
which I have been doing a bit of in the last few weekends. They
appear delighted with me for revealing so many worms and other creepy
crawlies, and peeved at my being there in the first place.
But none of the above could be described in any way as lethargic.

Cat(h)