I am fond of moss, and one of the few places it grows with any sort of luxuriousness is at the pond edge where the water flows into our tsukubai. While watching the antics of the ringed turtle dove last weekend another bird fluttered down to the pond’s edge. With his red breast appeared to be stained with mud,It was the most unkempt male robin I had ever seen. I imagined he would be going down to the usual perch on the pond to take a bath – something he sorely needed. Instead of moving down to the bathing spot he hopped down to the base of the tsukubai. His head disappeared out of sight for a moment and then he raised his head, hopped to the edge again and flew off. The photograph shows what he was up to…
Thievin' Robbin
