Co-operation
An amusing Story of the making of a robin's nest comes from Archdeacon G. H. Marten of the Homes of St. Barnabas, Lingfield, Surrey, who writes: "About ten days ago my very resourceful housekeeper, a young West Indian, noticed a 'robin flying about in our back yard, evidently trying to find a suitable place to build a nest. He visited one hole after another in the roof and wall of a shed adjoining, at each attempt dropping bits and pieces of twigs all over the yard. At last this became tedious, as nothing was happening, so the girl said to him: 'Here, you don't seem to know how to build a nest. I can't have you dropping all these things in my yard.' So she put a long ladder against the wall, having collected together his various articles, and climbed to a hole at the top. She stuffed a piece of soft paper in and then arranged the twigs in the form of a nest. That done, she descended and told the robin to go in. He did so and apparently liked it very much, for soon he brought hii mate who is now sitting on five eggs and being fed by her husband. We are looking forward to the hatching of the family." This is surely an unusual thing. I wonder if anyone has experienced such a / happening in the case of other wild birds ?
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