We are seeing more this year than in the past 5 years. The crows had chased most of the robins out of our little city, but now that the Merlin is returning the favour and chasing the crows out, the robins are back singing sweetly. Have a great Wednesday Lynette. Allan
Robins are quite rare here in NWT (and it seems that I’m generally just not seeing as many as I used to). The ravens will eat small birds. This year is different, though. Lots of smaller birds and the ravens have taken off somewhere. It’s possibly a similar situation as I’ve seen (more that I’ve heard) an abundance of owls lately. Nice that the Merlin is having that effect.
I had forgotten that lovely old song; thanks for bringing it back.
Actually, I can answer your question. 🙂 Robins were tagged as “red” before the word “orange” had entered the English lexicon as a descriptor for colour. I think it came in purely as descriptor for the fruit and then the word was transferred to the fruit’s colour as well. I took a couple of courses in old and Middle English. 🙂
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We are seeing more this year than in the past 5 years. The crows had chased most of the robins out of our little city, but now that the Merlin is returning the favour and chasing the crows out, the robins are back singing sweetly. Have a great Wednesday Lynette. Allan
Robins are quite rare here in NWT (and it seems that I’m generally just not seeing as many as I used to). The ravens will eat small birds. This year is different, though. Lots of smaller birds and the ravens have taken off somewhere. It’s possibly a similar situation as I’ve seen (more that I’ve heard) an abundance of owls lately. Nice that the Merlin is having that effect.
I’m also glad to hear that the merlins are chasing out the crows and ravens. As for the robins, they are all down here.
That’s where they are! Yes, it seems that as the owls moved in, the ravens moved out. As a result, I’ve seen many more songbirds here than usual.
Yay!! Good to hear.
Sure is. 🙂
One good robin deserves another – now I know what I’ll post today!
You’re welcome! Can’t have too many robins. 🙂
First a clip, and then a (rhetorical) question:
Why is it called RED robin and Robin RED breast? It’s orange!
I had forgotten that lovely old song; thanks for bringing it back.
Actually, I can answer your question. 🙂 Robins were tagged as “red” before the word “orange” had entered the English lexicon as a descriptor for colour. I think it came in purely as descriptor for the fruit and then the word was transferred to the fruit’s colour as well. I took a couple of courses in old and Middle English. 🙂
Thank you! That’s very interesting.
You’re welcome. 🙂