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GravyEducation
Druids be crazy
JackingMeHoff
If that happened to me it could turn me into a reincarnation believer. It would be weirder if the bird chirped a name of a dead person I knew.
deanbrah
i FUCKIN LOVE BIRDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
theresgoldinthemtherehills
My dad had his own pet robin in his garden.
Clayman8
Hehe bOrb.
MosquitoHawker
Why do you people do this to me. I never knew about Bob and now I love all the Boblings.
RenaissanceFaireMan
"Got any grapes?"
bloodomen
Plot twist Tony was robin him all along
superdinglebudgie
There's something magical about earning the truth of a bird such as this.
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
https://www.birdfact.com/articles/how-long-do-robins-live
Zapathasura
Wholesome ❤️ Such a sweet little birb.
SmashySashimi
Disney princesses come in all shapes and sizes.
oldvydeo
This morning, after returning home from some errands, our cat (Clyde) came running into the house with something in his mouth. Long story short, it was a bird. Found out that it was still alive but had a broken wing. We still haven't been able to -gently- capture that bird. We don't want to cause more harm to its wing. Since it can't fly, I think we now have a new pet.
Feralkyn
Call a wildlife rescue/rehabber. The bird will likely die without a full round of antibiotics: cats are the #1 cause of death of songbirds in much of the world, on the order of *billions* of birds/year in the US and UK apiece. The bacteria in their mouths/on their claws will usually kill animals with even a small scratch. + that bird deserves a chance to recover & live wild.
Cats should be indoors regardless, b/c of this threat to wildlife along with a lifespan *years* lower than indoor cats.
joshuasplinth
He knows he’s found his gravy train. All those buggas man.
REOJackwagon
WITNESSED: Bob will fly eternal, shiny and chrome https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1MmY2ajh3Znp5dmgxZ3lpNW1sbmI0NXZ3dm8yZnJnOG5qejIxbWYyZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/Z5DB5iEJipjRC/200w.webp
Maviyakuku
A birb epic
shanasphone350
Thank you for sharing. Beautiful
LateNightBunnyParty
I've got a Canadian goose that's been hanging out with my flock for the last year. She and the duck are best friends. Every morning when I let my birds out and start feeding 'em breakfast, she flies in and starts making her happy noises. Sometimes she and the duck hunker down and nap next to me on the porch when I stay out to soak up some morning sunshine.
0570
Cobra chicken!
SalmySwims
AWWWW <3
mouthfullofpebbles
This is just so adorable! Tell her I said hi!
cytherians
Canadian geese can be so territorial and bold about it -- usually they don't befriend other animals. Quite special that she has taken a liking with the duck!
LateNightBunnyParty
Oh, she's VERY territorial. She keeps ALL the other geese out of the yard, and chases the killdeer and mourning doves away, too! I dunno why she picked us/our duck, but she's welcome as long as she likes.
oozabooza
I always updoot birbs
RecurringNightmare
robins are known to become very trusting and even tame when they get used to the repeated presence of a specific human, even more so when they are fed and eventually petted...
cytherians
Interesting -- I'd not known that the Robin bird species had that capacity naturally.
onlyhalfghost
yeah, the ones around my dad's house would just about eat out of our hands after decades of him feeding them.
Kibblez
Someone remind me tomorrow to order that book.
akelamishari
Its tomorrow for me already: https://www.tony-putman.com/bob-the-robin-book/
REOJackwagon
Order that book
someguy7734206
I'm guessing one of the reasons Bob came to him in the first place was because he was constantly digging up bugs and worms while he was working?
januarylover
Yep, my old mum has a friendship with a blackbird who she met when she'd add to the compost bin for that reason. 2 years later & Buddy the blackbird still visits her every day. Sometimes when I visit they'll be sitting in the backyard together, mum reading, Buddy hopping on the armrest of the chair.
thesameasyours
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cXZ3eDRvbDRseHdsNGxsNjcwYnVvOTNjZHNhaDFzNWU4NWxvOWNobSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/pynZagVcYxVUk/200w.webp I was so sad when Bob disappeared. Then came Bobette.
chrisckelly
🐦: “Pardon me, sir. Did you happen to know my father?”
GravyEducation
Yeah just over the hedge but you can rest on me boot, if ye like
Seethreepeeoh
Lures him into a false sense of security before robin him
maincarrot
Yep. 10 years from now, all his bank accounts are cleared out. His house got sold out from under him.
There's Bob.
In the shadows... in the trees... Little black beady eyes. Inside, the reflection of Tony slamming his truck door and driving away. And now, it's onto the owner. Sorry, Tony Thanks for the good times.
BeaverOnFire
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1bXM5MDB3d3hpZ3VuZDFmMWlnYTFiOXNqZXB2Y3I2cXUyZGpwYzJ4NiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/h6f9kRyfNnU19DIzcd/200w.webp
icouldntthinkofabetterusername2
Ohdearthesearemymonkeys
runesky77
A modern day (not to mention real) Ben Weatherstaff.
allumette24
I came here to say this but you beat me to it!
runesky77
Only just! I was surprised it wasn't done before I came by! But huzzah for other fans of The Secret Garden!
Eatsleeprun
As an American, seeing this bird called a robin always fucks me up. Like surely the bird on the right has a Native American name....and I just have to live my life thinking of it as a robin.
NoMuffinsToSpare
The American Robin is a thrush, not at all a robin. People just missed the robins from home and named the first red chested bird after it.
southoffrance
The reverse happened when someone pointed out a "robin" to me in the US. It's an entirely different species. It's like some of the early colonisers were homesick and decided to name this bird after the one they knew in Europe.
StewedTomaters
Not only that, they imported a bunch of non-native birds for dumb, nostalgic/Eurocentric reasons. Even though the whole "birds of Shakespeare" story isn't true, they sure as shit brought a bunch of starlings and other crap here. A few of them made it, and now the Eastern bluebirds and the purple martins get their nests destroyed by house sparrows etc. We need to unleash wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes.
MissivesFromTheTower
I wonder if Bob did what corvids do - spread the word around.
DameDePiques
Bob wrote a book about his friendship with Tony.
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
Bob might have taken his offspring back there before he passed. Yeah.
That's the most logical human response we could actually give without observation.
Lol. BOBservation. https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1MW44a2kzMmJ6cnZzbWc4ZjIzZGE1NXR1aGk0NXZpMjViejc3amoyayZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/dk3TmFZpn6pUI/200w.webp
WoodORama
Have you or have you not heard that bird is the word?
cytherians
Oh, WoodORama, you date thyself mightily. 😏😉🤪😹
cytherians
Seems plausible. I mean... wild birds are usually very, very leery of humans. It takes a special set of circumstances to win trust.
InTangier
Especially tiny dirds, they are pretty jumpy, and rightly so. I'm lucky to have some reflective windows in my backyard currently (with some tape to avoid collisions) and I'm content to see them hang out just a few metres from the window. I see a few robins here and there, they are so damn cute!
Also feel a bit more atease about not disturbing wold fauna, not all humans will be nice to them.
mouthfullofpebbles
With a lot of small birds the special circumstances are "food"! Digging in a garden or just standing still with seeds in your palm is often enough. And when one is brave enough to try the rest will usually watch, learn and follow. But I've had a little Nemesis for several years now, a blue tit that thinks that I'm out to steal his lady. He comes a knockin to fight every spring. But it isn't communicated in the group (as it would with corvids), so the rest is just happy to see me fill the feeder.
ErynGalen
I love that such a small bird is out there thinking "I will fuck that human up if they don't stay away from my girl!"