For the last three weeks or so, an adult Robin has been hopping into the kitchen for a snack of tasty morsels. Robins are well known as the "gardeners friend", in that they will wait patiently close by for worms and insects etc that are unearthed as you dig your garden. Well my wife started feeding this adult Robin tidbits such as crushed peanuts, mealworms etc. It was a pleasure to watch him....or her, for the species looks very much the same that it's difficult to distinguish between the sexes! And now he...or she has got so friendly that whenever the back door is open, the Robin will magically appear on the door step looking for food. We've got so used to this occurrence that we automatically place a small tub of suet pellets on the floor just inside the back door. Our friendly Robin needs no more encouragement! In he/she hops and onto the rim of the tub where he/she helps themselves to the food.
