If in a hundred years in the deep of winter there are still robins & dunnocks still in England, I'm sure there will be somebody looking into their gardens and feeling sorry for the poor harried dunnock, bravely scurrying about on the hard ground and the frozen twig from that most autocratic garden bird - the robin.
autumn haiku
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autumn sunset—
the cherry tree
on fire
originally published in Sense and Sensibility September 2025
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Terrific photo, Michael, but is that a dunnock? It's got the robin's red breast but doesn't look like a robin to me.
ReplyDeleteYes it's a British robin. Quite different from the American robin. Dunnocks are the epitome of 'The Little Brown Job'.
ReplyDeleteOh robins are terrors, i wouldn't want to be another bird getting in the way of a robin. They're beautiful birds nonetheless and lovely for gardeners.Very Christmassy birds too!
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas!
i love your robins. they make me smile .
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