I think this bird at clientco fancies me

[OwlHoot]

Each time I go outside for a fag, a robin appears out of nowhere and starts hopping around nearby.

It's clearly interested in me, and flutters or "shivers" its wings in a way that you'd almost think was meant to encourage me to do something instead of just standing there.

I wonder if over millennia robins have developed some instinctive behaviour to hang around near large lumbering creatures like humans and wild boar on the assumption that before long these will disturb the soil and allow them to snap up small insects and suchlike.

[Brussels Slumdog]

Each time I go outside for a fag, a robin appears out of nowhere and starts hopping around nearby.

It's clearly interested in me, and flutters or "shivers" its wings in a way that you'd almost think was meant to encourage me to do something instead of just standing there.

I wonder if over millennia robins have developed some instinctive behaviour to hang around near large lumbering creatures like humans and wild boar on the assumption that before long these will disturb the soil and allow them to snap up small insects and suchlike.

Does the bird sitting behind reception also fancy you?

[northernladuk]

Would be much better if it was a pair of tits playfully jumping up and down in front of you..

[doodab]

Would be much better if it was a pair of tits playfully jumping up and down in front of you..

I googled for images of birds gobbling seed, I was very disappointed.

[Paddy]

Each time I go outside for a fag, a robin appears out of nowhere and starts hopping around nearby.

It's clearly interested in me, and flutters or "shivers" its wings in a way that you'd almost think was meant to encourage me to do something instead of just standing there.

I wonder if over millennia robins have developed some instinctive behaviour to hang around near large lumbering creatures like humans and wild boar on the assumption that before long these will disturb the soil and allow them to snap up small insects and suchlike.

Yes, they seem to be naturally inquisitive. They often follow me around the garden. I rescued a Wren chick once, and that used to fly down and stand in front of my feet (near death for it if I missed spotting it in time)

[OwlHoot]

I rescued a Wren chick once, and that used to fly down and stand in front of my feet (near death for it if I missed spotting it in time)

I had a fledgling wren fly into my car while I was parked in a country lane near Marlow (during the day, and round the corner from clientco, before anyone asks!). Tiny thing, not much larger than a bumblebee.