This blog is an assignment for my Animal Behaviour course on Coursera, in which we have to conduct wildlife observations. This blog examins the behavior of small songbirds--mostly robins--in a backyard planted with California natives and flowery bushes.
The scene:
The yard is part of a neighborhood in which people take pride in their gardens. The sidewalks are graced by a combination of established and newly-planted tree varieties, supported by the Friends of the Urban Forest program. The yard is surrounded by electric and telephone cables, which provide a habitat for the robins.
One particular activity focus is this rosebush, which is surrounded by hummingbirds and butterflies, and located right under the electric and phone cables on which the robins like to sit.
The protagonists:
The neighborhood attracts many different kinds of birds (notably robins, scrub jays, hummingbirds, and the occasional crow), several varieties of butterflies (especially cabbage butterflies), bees and moths. The water feature used to attract mosquitoes, but we have left it dry since the California drought. There are also lots of hidden protagonists: the neighborhood is full of sounds and chirps.
There are also two predators. While they are not the focus of this blog, their presence in the yard affects the birds.
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| Spade |
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| Archer |
Let the fun begin!
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