robin

[asenathwaite]

A robin appeared.



It was cute.



And then it did this.



For a few minutes I was afraid it had died, but then it pulled itself back together and hopped away.

Comments

[asenathwaite]

Thank you! We have both robins and flickers, but I've never seen them flocking together.

[pameladean]

I tried to research the phenomenon, but there was nothing. Flickers basically just don't flock at all as a rule. I entertained wild speculations about whether these particular ones had been adopted by robins, but if anything, they were probably either just hanging out in the same place because of the ants, or they noticed that the robins would stir the ants up and cause them to be easier to grab and eat.

P.