The robin was at the window again this morning, looking disconsolate. His seed tray was empty, deliberately so on my part. Evidence of mice in the kitchen was quite clear. To feed or not feed the birds, that was the question giving me sleepness nights. Does feeding the birds encourage mice, I wondered.
Robin was a regular visitor, but I would lose him soon, I realised. I caught mice in humane traps and took them for walks, but they always returned.
That night I heard the owl, sounding hungry. No mice droppings the next morning, nor the next.
Robin was a regular visitor, but I would lose him soon, I realised. I caught mice in humane traps and took them for walks, but they always returned.
That night I heard the owl, sounding hungry. No mice droppings the next morning, nor the next.
