...and, for those with nothing else to do this weekend, here is a photo of a Robin guarding the apples in the yard, wings drooping and slightly spread in his tough-guy robin pose

http://users.pullman.com/lostriver/imagebirds/Robin_9Jan05.jpg

The robin was near a flicker, one of the birds he has been unable to drive away:

http://users.pullman.com/lostriver/imagebirds/Flicker_9Jan05.jpg

(The flicker photo is large.)

Kelly Cassidy
Pullman, WA