There is a Robin that regularly appears whenever I'm near my workshop where I fill the bird feeders and every now and then it takes a mealworm from the hand. This morning I managed some photos of the Robin taking a mealworm from my wife's hand The pictures are a bit grainy as it was early and the light was not good so had to use a very high ISO to get the shutter speed up high enough but pleased with the results none the less.
great sequence and photos Trevor, love the way it is just risking one foot landing on your hand although I'm sure with a bit more practice and mealworms on offer it will become very comfortable with landing on your hand; when we were visiting Leighton Moss I nicknamed a bold robin FMR (Four Minute Robin) as he was so at home resting on your hand whilst it filled itself on live mealworms ....... it really should have been called Four Minute and 42 second robin as the more it came to hand the braver he got. !! Gotta love these confiding birds. I wonder if he is still around, been 15 months since I last saw it.
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Regards, Hazel
It's a wonderful experience isn't it? See if you can get live mealworms. If your Robin has a mate and they nest, there is every chance their youngsters will find their way to your garden too.
Try https://www.livefoodsdirect.co.uk/
Good luck
Unicum arbustum haud alit duos erithacos
(One bush does not shelter two Robins)
Zenodotus (3rd Century B.C.)
TJS said:I'll definitely try the live mealworms. Thank you
Or live wax worms when it comes to breeding season
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Thanks monkeycheese,
I got some live meal worms and the Robin loves them.
I'll let the pictures below speak for themselves.
It made three visits to get all the meal worms.
Trevor
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