Sue da Nimm27/2/04 4:59
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We've got three pairs sharing our plot which is about 320ft long by 120ft
wide, with a hedge border and a copse beyond.
They have clearly defined territories, with one pair regularly coming to the
kitchen windowsill for tidbits.
The male in the "copse-end" pair is very distinctive because he is mottled
white. (Melanistic?)
We have seen three together on occasions - probably offspring rather than
pairs mingling.


We have several in different parts of the Nursery and garden - you can see
them together but apart, as it were. But the blackbirds! They're as bad or
worse than robins. One gets inside a glasshouse and one is outside and they
go at each other hammer and tongs against the glass. The other day, I saw
two trying to kill each other, I swear and I clapped my hands so that both
flew off, overturning a 1l. pot of Euphorbia as they went. Those critters
are vicious and we have a lot of them!
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

Sue da Nimm27/2/04 4:59
snip

We've got three pairs sharing our plot which is about 320ft long by 120ft
wide, with a hedge border and a copse beyond.
They have clearly defined territories, with one pair regularly coming to the
kitchen windowsill for tidbits.
The male in the "copse-end" pair is very distinctive because he is mottled
white. (Melanistic?)
We have seen three together on occasions - probably offspring rather than
pairs mingling.


We have several in different parts of the Nursery and garden - you can see
them together but apart, as it were. But the blackbirds! They're as bad or
worse than robins. One gets inside a glasshouse and one is outside and they
go at each other hammer and tongs against the glass. The other day, I saw
two trying to kill each other, I swear and I clapped my hands so that both
flew off, overturning a 1l. pot of Euphorbia as they went. Those critters
are vicious and we have a lot of them!
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

In message , Nick Wagg
writes
We've never seen two robins at the same time in our garden.

I have on only one occasion, when they were obviously fighting to the
death.

We have six on the bird table - they don't really get on, but no fights
to the death.
Well, we had six. I was watching one distinctive one recently: very slim
and a bit dimmer than the rest - my favourite really. As I watched, the
sparrowhawk took it.
Now we have five (

Klara

--
damp and cold in Gatwick basin

In message , Nick Wagg
writes
We've never seen two robins at the same time in our garden.

I have on only one occasion, when they were obviously fighting to the
death.

We have six on the bird table - they don't really get on, but no fights
to the death.
Well, we had six. I was watching one distinctive one recently: very slim
and a bit dimmer than the rest - my favourite really. As I watched, the
sparrowhawk took it.
Now we have five (

Klara

--
damp and cold in Gatwick basin

The male in the "copse-end" pair is very distinctive because he is mottled
white. (Melanistic?)
We have seen three together on occasions - probably offspring rather than
pairs mingling.

Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm
assuming both have the red breast.

TIA

Steve

The male in the "copse-end" pair is very distinctive because he is mottled
white. (Melanistic?)
We have seen three together on occasions - probably offspring rather than
pairs mingling.

Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm
assuming both have the red breast.

TIA

Steve

"shazzbat" wrote in message
...

The male in the "copse-end" pair is very distinctive because he is
mottled
white. (Melanistic?)
We have seen three together on occasions - probably offspring rather
than
pairs mingling.

Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm
assuming both have the red breast.

TIA

Steve

An asssumption based on their behaviour. They nest in an old miniiature milk
churn which is embedded in a holly hedge in front of the copse. (It's also
just two metres from the compost heaps!) The mottled white Robin tended to
do all the "grubbing about" when they were hatching off last year and was
seen to feed its partner. So we guessed it was the male. Could easily be
wrong in this era of equal opportunity for the sexes!

The message
from "Sue da Nimm" . contains these words:

Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm
assuming both have the red breast.

TIA

Steve

An asssumption based on their behaviour. They nest in an old miniiature milk
churn which is embedded in a holly hedge in front of the copse. (It's also
just two metres from the compost heaps!) The mottled white Robin tended to
do all the "grubbing about" when they were hatching off last year and was
seen to feed its partner. So we guessed it was the male. Could easily be
wrong in this era of equal opportunity for the sexes!

My bird book says the adults are alike, though amounts of red can vary
between individuals, so no help there.

However, it does say that the female sits on the eggs and is fed by the
male, so your guess seems to be correct.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
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The message
from "Sue da Nimm" . contains these words:

Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm
assuming both have the red breast.

TIA

Steve

An asssumption based on their behaviour. They nest in an old miniiature milk
churn which is embedded in a holly hedge in front of the copse. (It's also
just two metres from the compost heaps!) The mottled white Robin tended to
do all the "grubbing about" when they were hatching off last year and was
seen to feed its partner. So we guessed it was the male. Could easily be
wrong in this era of equal opportunity for the sexes!

My bird book says the adults are alike, though amounts of red can vary
between individuals, so no help there.

However, it does say that the female sits on the eggs and is fed by the
male, so your guess seems to be correct.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

The message
from "Sue da Nimm" . contains these words:

Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm
assuming both have the red breast.

TIA

Steve

An asssumption based on their behaviour. They nest in an old miniiature milk
churn which is embedded in a holly hedge in front of the copse. (It's also
just two metres from the compost heaps!) The mottled white Robin tended to
do all the "grubbing about" when they were hatching off last year and was
seen to feed its partner. So we guessed it was the male. Could easily be
wrong in this era of equal opportunity for the sexes!

My bird book says the adults are alike, though amounts of red can vary
between individuals, so no help there.

However, it does say that the female sits on the eggs and is fed by the
male, so your guess seems to be correct.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:34:05 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

My bird book says the adults are alike, though amounts of red can vary
between individuals, so no help there.

However, it does say that the female sits on the eggs and is fed by the
male, so your guess seems to be correct.

My bird book says that there is another bird that looks a bit like a
robin, so that might explain the garden with six robins in it.
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:34:05 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

My bird book says the adults are alike, though amounts of red can vary
between individuals, so no help there.

However, it does say that the female sits on the eggs and is fed by the
male, so your guess seems to be correct.

My bird book says that there is another bird that looks a bit like a
robin, so that might explain the garden with six robins in it.
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

martin writes

My bird book says that there is another bird that looks a bit like a
robin, so that might explain the garden with six robins in it.

Well, unless they look *exactly* like a robin ... They've been around
and under the bird table all day, though never two on the table at the
same time. Maybe a cock and his harem?
Must be my delicious fat/ground peanut/seed mix!
Klara

--
damp and cold in Gatwick basin

martin writes

My bird book says that there is another bird that looks a bit like a
robin, so that might explain the garden with six robins in it.

Well, unless they look *exactly* like a robin ... They've been around
and under the bird table all day, though never two on the table at the
same time. Maybe a cock and his harem?
Must be my delicious fat/ground peanut/seed mix!
Klara

--
damp and cold in Gatwick basin

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:25:18 +0000, klara King
wrote:

martin writes

My bird book says that there is another bird that looks a bit like a
robin, so that might explain the garden with six robins in it.

Well, unless they look *exactly* like a robin ... They've been around
and under the bird table all day, though never two on the table at the
same time. Maybe a cock and his harem?
Must be my delicious fat/ground peanut/seed mix!

I think you have more than your fair share and I am jealous :-)
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad