Feeding Robins on Easter [View All]

[MineralMan]

It's been pretty dry around Minnesota, except for some rain a few days ago. I saw several Robins hopping around the yards in the neighborhood, but didn't see them picking up anything. So, a light bulb went off in my head and, after the bleeding stopped, I had an idea.

I keep a patch of tilled earth in my backyard. Whenever I need worms for taking kids fishing, I put the hose on the patch and flood it. Out come the worms. So, this Easter Sunday, I was out starting the outboard motor on my boat for the first time this season, and I noticed the bare earth in that patch.

So, I turned the hose on it and flooded it. Sure enough, up came the worms...dozens of them. I removed the hose and, before I could get back to the job at hand, there was a pair of robins on the patch, happily gobbling up the little squirmy invertebrates.

Sometimes, a guy has to lend nature a hand...