Fictitious Victorian schmaltz.  So is the Robin story.

> On 09 December 2020 at 23:07 Bob Pdml <pdm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I thought the red breast was because of the robin who pulled out its 
> feathers, making its chest bleed, so the baby Jesus would have somewhere soft 
> to lay his head...
> 
> > On 9 Dec 2020, at 22:32, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Unfortunately, Robins are not nice little birds.  The males fight to the 
> > death over territory and will also attack other birds smaller than 
> > themselves.  It's very apt that they have red chests.
> > 
> >> On 09 December 2020 at 22:11 "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> 
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Nice little bird portrait!
> >> 
> >> Dan Matyola
> >> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
> >> <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 1:56 PM Toine <to...@repiuk.nl> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Birding isn't easy. The usual camera settings, keeping the contraption
> >>> steady, focussing and composing the shot results in this:
> >>> 
> >>> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#&gid=1&pid=006-002-img3996
> >>> 
> >>> I could swear I peaked through all the twigs and branches. I had fun
> >>> shooting the little bird.
> >>> 
> >>> Toine

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