For the last couple of weeks I've been noting the unusual behaviour of an adolescent robin in our garden. (Looks exactly like a robin, but with a sort of mottled brown breast)
This chap seems unusually friendly. (Yes, I know robins aren't actually "friendly" - they're just more tolerant of humans than other birds)
This weekend, Billy (that is his name) seems to have become totally attached to me. The moment I open the patio doors in the morning and stagger out with a mug of coffee in my dressing gown in the morning, he appears, sitting on the path no more than two feet from my slippers and just sits looking at me. At any time during the day today if I go and sit at the bench table on the lawn, he appears within minutes and sits on the table or hops around my feet. When I was on all fours doing a little light weeding he flew over and sat on my back for a couple of seconds. To top it all, when I came back in through the patio doors this afternoon, he followed me in!
Gah! Remove dog, cat, close all inner doors, open all windows until he found his way out.
The strange thing is, Billy doesn't exhibit this behaviour with Mrs. B. It seems to be just me. If I venture out into the garden at any time, he appears and just hops around wherever I am. How odd!
I've desperately been trying to get photos, but he's a lively little bugger and so far I have 25 shots of Where Billy Was 3 Seconds Ago.
There are two adult robins around too. One sort of ignores Billy, the other sort of does a wing flutter non contact "Bugger Off" thing.
I'm guessing that Billy is a young male and his dad is gently turfing him out of the territory.
Or could it be the hen doing that if Billy is a female?