What is a robin thinking?
Supervising the spadework from eighteen inches away, uninvited.
You are standing in for a wild boar. European robins evolved following large animals that turned over the forest floor, taking the worms and grubs exposed - a gardener with a spade is simply the most reliable version of that available.
The boldness is regional. British robins will come within a foot of a person, while the same species on the continent stays wary, which is usually put down to centuries of being left alone here and hunted there.
CommonWhere it lives, you’ll fill this tile without trying.
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