Being Useful.

The robins in my garden have been staring at me rather more than usual lately, and I think I know why. I know robins very well, you see. I think of them as my little alter-egos. They exhibit the same reluctance to associate with other birds as I do with other humans and we make eye contact a lot. And that’s how I know why they’re staring at me rather more than usual lately. They’re trying to decide whether my hair, which hasn’t been cut for fourteen weeks due to lockdown, would make a good nesting site.