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.
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