Evening star., 1947-06-07
MARYLAND AVENUE NE
Dear Sir.


What seems to be one of the happiest crea-
lures in Washington is robin near our home
who at the beginning of dawn pours out
cascade OF musical notes as though his heart
is overfowing with joy at the coming of
new day.
He carols to an awakening world-the music
rushing from his little throat so rapidly and
continuously we wonder when he catches his
breath
His song, which lasts only til broad daylight
Is as thrilling and uplifting as Beethoven
sonata and Handels Messiah and>is as though
In praise of his Creator, who taught him to sing
Sincerely yours, ]. E. W.
- Il
FALLS CHURCH, Va.
Dear Sir:
over two months have passed since a female
robin has been daily visitor at my window
and in my yard. 1t was about o'clock on the
morning following severe windstorm that
I noticed a robin pecking at the window pane
Then the bird went to another window and kept
Tapping her wings while she jumped. noticed
Immediately how rufled and battered her
feathers looked. called it to the attention of
my neighbor and she suggested that the lonely
little bird had flown up from the South and
its mate was lost Someway, perhaps in the
storm.
THE pecking and jumping continued for five
or six days First she only went to the front
bedroom window. Sometimes she would be
pecking at window at o'clock in the morning
I would talk to her through the window but
even then not at too close range. She would
cock her head and listen, 1t is strange that
she will let me talk to her through the window
but flies away when talk to her from the door
NOW she does not come to the window but
lives around close by and always keeps by her
self, even though there are many other robins
in the yard. She has nothing to do with them
She apparently never attempted to make nest
Il have been in this house all winter by my
self and this little stranger has made me feel
that she has friend here, and that there is
an unspoken understanding between the lonely
feeling of the little bird and the loneliness
of human heart.
Every evening I read stories of birds in The
Evening Star and thought others might enjoy
this story
Sincerely, A. L, M"
Robins continue to make friends and infiu-
ence people
They are upright birds. with character all
their own
More and more washingtonians are begin
ming to realize that this bird is musician,
too, as well as window pecker.
The latter odd trait is shared with some
other species, but the robin does it best of all,
and most persstently.
There may be other reasons besides streak
of benigerency. but this is fighting bird, in
case you do not know It,
just the other morning we we're nearly struck
by two robins swooshing past, the one behind
intent on killing the one before
Had we not been there to break up the battle
when 1t struck EARTH we feel sure that the
pursued would have been killed by the pursuer
That Is the way robins fight. It Is the way
they do everything
Birds pecking at windows may be stopped
by applying soap on the shining surface or
hanging strips of paper outside. There is not
much that can be done about hub caps however
The birds finally give up the sport. and never
seem to hurt themselves or the surfaces at
tackled.