The New Robin couples were showing off the other day.

Several of the children came home from up north with new husbands and there is something funny about those city slicker robins. They seem to get a kick out of flying so close to the heads of the lady robins and nearly bumping into them and then, just before they bump, they shoot up and just miss bumping heads, by a hair.
It doesn't seem like the little dainty southern robins care for this kind of play. There were quite a few family or love bird sqaubbles outside during my break.
I was really curious how it would all turn out with the robins, but I had to go back inside. I am sure that they had quite a time kissing and making up from these early arguments and learning what makes their families more comfortable.
Father Robin thought that the children would settle up north with the inlaws but now he has to share Mrs. Robin again and he is pouting a bit because of it. But, he will get over it.

Back and forth, she paced and then

she decided that it was time for a swim. Slowly and cautiously she approached the water. The only thing between her and the water was the ladder. The vicious thing, how could someone have planted a huge obstacle in her path like that. Sabotage, someone was obviously trying to laden her with bad luck. Bad, bad, bad, and she couldn't remember which of the ways was going to cause the ominous consequences. She decided she was safe if she went right, so she continued her focused waddle to the water to the right of the ladder. Her heart was throbbing, what if she were wrong, what if she were to find out later from Mrs owl that it was the left. She laid caution to the wind and continued to the water.