The Greatest Story Ever Told! :)

I was in my attic office this evening, the dormer window barely open but wide enough to hear a helluva racket going on in one of the gardens backing on to mine. I looked out and saw and heard a pair of Robins who were really agitated 'zitting' and 'tikking' from post to pillar as if trying to ward off something menacing.

Seconds later a pair of blue tits joined them, and the racket intensified. Then I noticed the four of them were working together to drive away a lone magpie who was obviously the source of all the bother! They succeeded. So, panic over, I went back to my desk but within a minute I was back at the window distracted by the faintest but continuous 'tik' sound that seemed close by. 

I looked down onto the kitchen roof - and there was this poor little mite (pic1) looking sad, lost and afraid. Of course, when he saw me it made things worse and he flew to the next house across (pic2). 

The pair of Robins were, meantime, going mad trying to call and find him him but his 'tik' was too faint for them to hear, I reckon. How do I get them to come to me so I can direct them to him, I wondered? 

Well, I'm hardly Dr Dolittle so it must've been a brainwave! I loaded up the UK Bird Sounds app that I have uploaded onto my phone, selected the Robin's song from the list and played it at full volume.

Two seconds later, one of the pair was beside me on the roof! Two seconds after he or she spotted the lost bambino and lo and behold the family were reunited! 

I don't normally write tales like this - but Lordy, was I delighted with meself! Yay! Nitey nite folks!😊😄😄

More soon ...
 

Lost wee craturr!

 

Corraggio, mio amico!