"Boomerang Birds" ??

[geezerfinneran]

I've noticed with blackbirds, it's very common for a perfectly capable juvenile to ignore food at its feet, in favor of pestering Mommy (I guess) until she feeds him.

I had not noticed Robins (some, anyway) do the same thing.

There is a "boomerang" robin in my back yard -full fledged and ready to roll-perfectly capable of finding its own food and scarfing it down---as long as "Mommy" is not in sight.

The minute Mommy starts eating, Little Boo comes flittering and fluttering up. I can't hear either bird,but imagine Boo is screaming: "Mommy ! I'm hungry !! Feed me ! Feed me !!"

Mommy flies away - and little Boo follows -at a distance ; just waiting for her to alight again.

I'm not sure whether it is comforting to know Birds have the same problems as Humans do.

 

[geezerfinneran]

There were some developments during the week that followed this post. For starters, one day, the parents flew away-leaving poor little Boomerang all on his own.

He flew all over the yard-apparently looking for them, then perched on top of the fence -squawking - and shaking like a dog ---Ummm... like a dog relieving itself.

After about 4 hours of this, he got hungry enough to start searching for his own food. I wondered if he would make it, because he would break off his food gathering to fly around the yard every so often-apparently searching for the parental units.

He seems to have settled in now, and may survive.....to become a parent with boomerang children.