This week I have had a robin regularly gorging on mixed bird seed in my
platform feeder. I have never seen a robin eat seed before. I live on
the west side of Columbus and my neighborhood has quite a few ornamental
crab apple trees lining the streets that draw robins to overwinter here.
Maybe this robin saw the dozens of birds from its flock smashed in the
streets when people speed through and don't slow down for the robins
eating the dropped crab apples in the streets and decided it was safer
to eat seed in my backyard.

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