A pair of Robins in my Dad’s neighborhood have him trained. Each night one of them is waiting near the door to the screened in porch for him to put out the meal worms for them. He bought meal worms to attract Bluebirds, but none came. Knowing that Robins eat about fourteen feet of worms a day, he decided to see if they liked the meal worms. They gobbled them down as soon as they discovered them and kept coming back for more. He puts out about 30 of them each night in a plastic feeder tray on the ground. You have to use plastic so the meal worms can't crawl out. You can keep them in the fridge for weeks in their dormant state - though I suspect Dad's Robins go through them too fast to worry about it! Even though the Robins fly away when he goes out the door, they come right back for more as soon as he goes back in. He enjoys sitting inside and watching the Robins eat. He also scares off any other birds that try to steal the worms. The Robins usually build a nest nearby, so last year he watched them fill their mouths with as many worms as they could hold and fly away to feed their babies. This year they came back about 2 weeks ago. Off Dad went to buy more meal worms. Yep, they have him trained. (story contributed by Nancy Baney)
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