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i literally saw my little friend the local robin who sings his songs around my palheiro just now alighting to his spot on the tree out my window and start up his symphony

i have also noticed that sometimes i hear blackbirds starting to do the blackbird song, which is quite similar to the robin song, but blackbirds sound more crazy where the robins sound lie they are sad

last year at one point in the season there was intensive blackbird songs in the early morning, i guess it was after the newest generation grow big enough to get randy and chasing the girlies, and their population swells a lot around areas where a lot of grubs are available for them to dine on

i think blackbird song is a winter thing, or at least, autumn and spring

the robins have a different schedule, they seem to be the warm months and as it gets cold you don't hear them so much

it's pretty funny, i never knew this but blackbirds and robins actually originate from these islands out here in the atlantic, and along with canaries, are definitely a cluster of species with some definite common behaviours and genetics

i love the song birds, it's such a blessing to have them light up the atmosphere with their tittering

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7fqx 1y ago

Always a delight to see the robins visit my garden. Keep meaning to buy them some sort of feeder:)

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

oh, there is a way to charm more of them to come around?

yeah, that reminds me, i considered getting a feeder for the canaries, but the place i was in before was awful for that

here, that's a different story... i know where to get bird feeders and i have to go on a trek to those parts in the near future sometime, this is now something that i can do when i go there next (it's where i usually get my amazon stuff delivered rather than here because i live quite a ways down a nasty steep path and i'd probably get lots of missed deliveries because i can't just whip out the door and say "yo, gib me plz"

would be rad to have a bird feeder, i may have to look into it, perhaps both canaries and robins have similar taste - ie, mainly small seeds... i know the blackbirds like grubs, if i wanted more of them to come around i'd have to build a worm farm to brew them up for them to come and dig out, and idk how that would work exactly, submerged dish in the ground designed to keep the worms trapped and when it rains they are driven to the surface where the blackies and brownies would often alight to get a meal

anyway, canaries would be adequate, but it would be a bonus if i were to attract a lot of robins as well, the robins are so damn cute, they are a lot like canaries too, except more pointy beaks and a different kind of song

7fqx 1y ago

We used to have this bush full of berries they loved, but it died. I think they still come to see if it's still around tho😭. Not sure what it was now 🤔

7fqx 1y ago

What is best to plant to attract and feed robins and blackbirds? Especially all year round? #asknostr #gardening #birds #grownostr

Let's see if anyone on nostr knows 🤔

Zaikaboy 1y ago

No clue what's best but when I had a garden I had both birds. Robins are very territorial though and would boss the garden. I used to get all sorts of feathered friends. I don't think it was my personality but you never know

jamw 1y ago

Robins love spiders insects and worms too. Dig up a bit of the garden and you might find one following you around grabbing what it can from the soil.

7fqx 1y ago

They used to hand out in a bush in the garden too. Maybe it was holly? I'm not sure now. Was a while ago. And maybe eat berries from another. But yes, thank you. Good tips:)

Robins are friends

7fqx 1y ago

Do you have a garden? Or a place to plant stuff?