May 24, 2026
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This is another item taken from the Wood Duck Box at Blue Heron Pond before the new wood chips were installed.
The item appears to be the remains of a Robin left by a Screech Owl who once used the box.
Who killed this dessicated robin?
It was I, said the Screecher.
I ate the feathered creature.
I’m olde enough to know the answer to your question: From the Olde English poem/rhyme.
“Who Killed Cock Robin?
“I said the sparrow with my bow and arrow,
“It ’twas I oh, Lady Oh.”
*laugh* I needed that this morning.
(no! really! a robin looks *just like* a coot!)
2 comments
John
I’m olde enough to know the answer to your question: From the Olde English poem/rhyme.
“Who Killed Cock Robin?
“I said the sparrow with my bow and arrow,
“It ’twas I oh, Lady Oh.”
julie mccall
*laugh* I needed that this morning.
(no! really! a robin looks *just like* a coot!)