My Sunday Photo... Chatting Robins

Let me introduce you to Britian's most popular bird... The Robin.

As I carried out the laborious task of picking up the millions of fallen leaves in our garden yesterday, I suddenly became aware of some tiny cute bird chatter.

I noticed these two Robin's having a kind of conversation.
It sounded like nothing I've ever heard before.
Not the usual song or chirps... it sounded like a real conversation.

As they flew past me I dropped my rake and grabbed my camera only to witness something I've never seen before.

The one robin squeezed into the wall cavity and stayed there, whilst the other strutted his/her stuff on top of the wall. 

It was quite bizarre to watch and I'm not sure if they were having a territorial battle which the robins are renowned for...or whether one was not taken with the others advances! 

It didn't seem like aggression and really quite cute to watch.

They stayed talking to one another for a quite some time before the one inside the wall made a quick escape and flew off only to have the other quickly follow. 

As winter approaches the robin's song resonates around the garden and really is quite delightful.

Here's a video just in case you might not be familiar with our native favourite.

(Credit for video to Paul Dinning - Published on 17 Sept  2014

Robin Birds Chirping and Singing - Beautiful Video, Bird Song and Nature Sounds in HD

The National Bird of Great Britain)

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Have a great weekend everyone

Opportunities could be around the next corner....?

I had so much pleasure watching a robin bobbing and bouncing around the base of the bird feeder the other day. But then he flew onto a pot hanging on the house wall.

Nothing unusual there I hear you say, but then he dived down into the side of the outer pot! 

It was a tight squeeze. 

Most odd I thought...but then I realised he was going to get a drink from the surplus of water contained in the base of the pot. 

This made me realise that the water bath which was located at the rear of the house was totally in the wrong place! 

Cool fresh water was on hand but not just handy enough. 

All the birds were oblivious to its presence. 

The feeders are proving to be incredibly popular but like a good meal in a first class restaurant you need a nicely chilled drink to accompany it.

So the bird bath had to be moved nearer to the feed station...and oh how that has proved a big hit! 

There's virtually a constant queue. 

(Here's Robbie taking in the new spa...I hope you can see him as he's a little difficult to spot)

That got me thinking how life can be like that bird bath.

We might all be missing opportunities that are just out of sight or around a nearby corner.

Maybe we just have to look a little further or step out of our comfort zone to find all kinds of possibilities. 

There could be all sorts of wonderful things lying in wait for us. 

Opportunities don't always come right into our path...sometimes we have to go and look for it!

Just a quick post today...I'm working away in the studio (spare room... hehe)

I hope your Wednesday is wonderful and full of opportunity.

Oops I forgot to post the view outside my window on the 1st September...forgive me? 

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