{"id":4400,"date":"2010-05-18T16:58:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T20:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4400"},"modified":"2010-05-18T16:58:10","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T20:58:10","slug":"letter-to-the-robins-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4400","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the robins, redux"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple years ago,\u00a0I had this to say to the robins hereabouts: An Open Letter to the Robins<\/a><\/p>\n

For awhile it seemed that they had listened to my advice and had stopped trying to build nests in unsuitable locations.\u00a0 [though to be perfectly honest –\u00a0 they had stopped building nests so much in spots that bothered me, though they continued to see the area around Larry’s shop as still being just dandy, continuing to begin construction projects on top of ladders and other objects in his vicinity]\u00a0 When we got back home from Arizona though, it was clear that my previous communication had not been relayed to a certain pair of robins.<\/p>\n

He may look casual\"\"Nonchalant even\"\"But I am not fooled. He is just waiting for me to turn my back.\u00a0 So he can do this:\"\"Now Mr Robin, I have taken down this nest twice, and here it is again. Don’t you get it? This spot is not even 5 feet off the ground. It is not only mere steps away from my back door, from which I exit numerous times per day, but it is equally close to many trees that soar 30, 40, even 50 feet into the sky.\u00a0 The sky, which is where birds belong.\u00a0 \u00a0Not only that, but it is right next to a lattice on which will shortly be growing a clematis.\u00a0 A lattice closely resembles a ladder, which will give any number of marauding cats, raccoons and possums easy access to your offspring. It is just not smart, dude.\"\"Now Mr Robin, I don’t know about you, but I feel a whole lot better, having gotten this off my chest. A nice chat like this clears the air and makes way for better relationships. Relationships where birds build nests in sensible places. Don’t you agree?\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple years ago,\u00a0I had this to say to the robins hereabouts: An Open Letter to the Robins For awhile it seemed that they had listened to my advice and had stopped trying to build nests in unsuitable locations.\u00a0 [though … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,5],"tags":[175,174],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5127,"href":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions\/5127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}