At 9:10 yesterday morning, as I exited the side door
of a house I was visiting, I came under sudden attack from a pair of American
robins. The robins swooped in and mobbed
me from places unseen. While one robin
circled around, the other one flew in from behind and smacked the top of my
head with its wings and feet.
I will admit, I was a bit startled, but unhurt.
As I ducked away, the pair of robins lighted in the
branches of some nearby aspen trees and glared at me. Both birds had their feathers puffed-up so
they appeared to be the size of softballs.
They watched every move I made as I slunk away. Once I was a few steps beyond the door, one
of the birds flapped back to a nest I had not noticed on a trim ledge just
above the door.
They had mobbed me to protect their nest.
I snapped a quick photograph with my
twice-as-smarter-than-me phone (which I am posting today) and left the birds to
their nest.
You must agree that the robin appears to be pretty
stern and a little scary in this photograph.
--Mitchell
Hegman
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