Today, while watching our lawn plovers, er Robins, hunt worms for
their babies, I saw a Robin pick up an 8 inch garter snake. Wow! The
world's biggest worm! He and the snake wrestled, and after being soundly
banged on the ground for a few minutes, the snake stopped moving. The
Robin then flew off with it directly to his/her nest.

So what do you think? Will the babies be able to consume the snake?
Did mamma really think it was a great worm? Will mamma break it into
pieces? Will a baby try to swallow it whole? Do Robins do this a lot?
Are Robins closet raptors?

Jerry Blinn
Silverdale, WA
jerry at avisys.net


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