I've been seeing robins the last couple weeks, but yesterday I came across a dead one. I remembered that I had more irises at the top of the steps on the west side of the house where I had forgotten to apply Sluggo. So I ran up there with the product and on the top step was a robin that had died by violent means. I suppose one of the neighborhood cats is the killer. I left it there, hoping the predator will return to claim its prey. If it's still there next time I look, I guess I'll have to get a shovel and bury it.
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| The western steps a week ago, when we had a dusting of snow. |
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The steps last spring, when I had just planted some veronica.
The veronica, aka speedwell, has spread nicely since then. |
The nursery rhyme "
Who Killed Cock Robin?" Probably not in many of today's children's books, as it might be considered too violent -- murder and capital punishment!
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