Robinwatch II

It’s not the greatest day today. It’s grey, it’s drizzling and cycling across the common was more like trekking to the pole unaided. But still the garden is full of its own little social system. Here’s the view out of the window:

There’s a certain smugness to being human. When it rains you have the option of being dry, whether that is by going inside a building, opening an umbrella, or putting up your hood. You then get to watch all the animals outside doing there thing. Cats sulk, dogs run around excitedly, birds are mostly grounded. It seems our Robin also has a certain amount of smugness – he has his own house:

Despite his attempts to patrol the garden, fiercely defending his territory, he’s not the only inhabitant in our garden. A family of blackbirds has moved in, so all is going swell in our fine little habitat.