Robins have paired up!

Date March 8, 2009

For the past few days we have been wondering where the Robin has gone. We wondered if it is a female and has paired up with a counterpart elsewhere, leaving us behind. This morning I saw a different Robin feeding from our window bird feeder. So that was a relief, as we thought we at [...]

Feeding the tame Robin, on video!

Date February 7, 2009

Finally recorded down the tame Robin on video. Quality is a bit poor, I know, as I only have a mobile phone that can record video Initially the Robin didn’t want to feed from my hand, which you’ll probably notice, my chasing hand It was too busy looking at the tub [...]

Finally tamed the Robin

Date February 2, 2009

After more than a month of patience, the Robin is finally tamed! It feeds off W’s hand, and my friend’s hand too, but not mine! How annoying! W rightly predicted that it will feed off her hand today, as it is very cold today, and naturally the Robin will want more food. BTW we are [...]

Meal worms for Robin

Date December 12, 2008

Bought some meal worms from a local pet shop today. We intend to tame the Robin that visits our windows bird feeder everyday. It would be a challenge this time, as the Robin is single and may not be tempted to feed off my hands, unlike when a Robin has young to feed, which was [...]

Video recording tame Robin

Date October 17, 2008

Why it never cross my mind that I could video record Robin birds we have hand fed for the past two years is beyond me. Here is an execellent footage of a Robin fed by this guy with a plateful of meal worms. Oh I missed having Robins around our flat. Nevermind next year I’m [...]